"It's not going to convince the decision-maker at the top". The operation also was the first real test of Cybercom's new strategy of "persistent engagement" issued in April, which involved continually confronting the adversary and information sharing with partners.
Similarly, in 2008, following persistent engagement with the Department of Health, RENEWAL was invited to help facilitate a mini-conference organised by senior officials who wanted to stimulate wider discussion within government about the HIV-Hunger nexus.
But it does mean persistent engagement at all levels, and it means basing our actions on real sensitivity and understanding of their domestic circumstances.
Another aspect of persistent engagement involves continually confronting the adversary, in this case Russia, forcing it to devote resources to defending its networks and reducing its ability to cause mischief inside U.S. networks.
At the same time, Mrs. Clinton called for "rigorous and persistent engagement," not just with China, but with Japan, Indonesia and South Korea, which are also on her itinerary.
The key moment in the game for me was the call of a penalty for persistent early engagement in the 35th minute, on the Welsh 5m line, against Scotland.
The mechanisms underlying the persistent and compulsive engagement in these behaviors remain poorly understood.
Credibility was established through persistent observation, prolonged engagement in the field, and overall development of the project; dependability was established through an audit trail using fieldnotes, memo writing, and reflexive notes; and confirmability through multiple debriefings among the research team as they reviewed the analysis, interpretation, and representation of the data.
We used widely accepted techniques to ensure rigour, including constant comparison, "negative" case analysis, participant checks, persistent observation, and prolonged engagement in the field [ 3, 10].
Regarding credibility - how well the findings had captured the reality being explored - since the first author was living in the area where the research was going on, credibility was enhanced by prolonged engagement in the area and persistent observation.
Persistent alcohol and drug use among adolescents has been associated with a number of related problems, including poor academic achievement, engagement in dangerous behaviors, fatalities, and increased risk of involvement in delinquent acts (Horan Fisher et al. 2017; Tripodi and Bender 2011).
