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Book European Military Crisis Management

Download or read book European Military Crisis Management written by Bastian Giegerich and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International demand for military crisis-management missions continues to grow and demand for troops continues to outstrip supply. Like other Western democracies, European Union member states, because of their wealth, relative military competence and commitment to human rights, bear a particular responsibility to expand the international communitys capacity for action. But while the EU has succeeded in defining a complex military-technical and political-strategic framework to boost its role and that of its member states in crisis management, its performance so far has fallen well short of its ambitions. This paper analyses what the EU wants to be able to do militarily its level of ambition and contrasts this aspiration with the current reality. To explain the gap between the two, the paper examines national ambitions and performance across the EU and analyses their domestic determinants using the examples of Austria, Germany and the United Kingdom. The paper concludes by suggesting that the EU might need to strike a new balance between the inclusiveness and the effectiveness of its activities in this area if it wants to increase its military crisis-management performance and live up to its declared ambitions.

Book Military Crisis Management

    Book Details:
  • Author : Joachim A. Koops
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2009
  • ISBN : 9782930432182
  • Pages : 97 pages

Download or read book Military Crisis Management written by Joachim A. Koops and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Military Crisis Management Operations by NATO and the EU

Download or read book Military Crisis Management Operations by NATO and the EU written by Claudia Fahron-Hussey and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-09-06 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyzes both NATO’s and the EU’s military crisis management operations and provides an explanation for the fact that it is sometimes NATO, sometimes the EU, and sometimes both international organizations that intervene militarily in a conflict. In detailed case studies on Libya, Chad/Central African Republic, and the Horn of Africa, Claudia Fahron-Hussey shows that the capabilities and preferences of the organizations matter most and the organizations’ bureaucratic actors influence the decision-making process of the member states.

Book EU Civilian Crisis Management

Download or read book EU Civilian Crisis Management written by Christopher S. Chivvis and published by RAND Corporation. This book was released on 2010 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The European Union's civilian-military capabilities -- The EU's civilian aspirations -- Basic structures -- General record so far -- Police missions -- Rule of law missions -- Monitoring missions -- Civil administration missions -- Security sector reform -- Civilian response teams -- EUPOL Afghanistan -- EULEX Kosovo -- Overcoming the EU's staffing problems -- EU added value on civilian missions : generic considerations -- EU's added value : considerations for the United States -- The NATO-EU impasse -- Military vs. civilian?

Book NATO s Military in the Age of Crisis Management

Download or read book NATO s Military in the Age of Crisis Management written by Edward Foster and published by Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). This book was released on 1995 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyse af NATO's militære muligheder og resultater i f.m. krisestyring og internationale konflikter.

Book European Crisis Management and Defence

Download or read book European Crisis Management and Defence written by Hans-Christian Hagman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assesses the EU and NATO's tools to prevent conflicts and manage international crises. It offers a unique insight into European security policy and questions the realism of the political goals. It argues for more coordination among European states, and an enhancement of the EU's strategic decision-making capabilities.

Book Military Crisis Management

Download or read book Military Crisis Management written by Herbert G. Schoonmaker and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1990-02-15 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This account of the 1965 Dominican intervention is a case study in U.S. crisis management. Herbert Schoonmaker analyzes the role and management of U.S. military forces in the Dominican crisis. Like other Cold War interventions, the Dominican intervention demonstrated the use of rapidly reacting, joint military forces to achieve limited political objectives. It also represents a good vehicle for analyzing U.S. civilian-military relationships during this kind of military operation. At the same time the civil strife continued in Santo Domingo, U.S. military forces engaged in a variety of duties, both combat and peacekeeping, and did so while the Organization of American States, the United Nations, and U.S. government teams attempted to negotiate a peaceful settlement. Such a complex environment, Schoonmaker argues, necessitated tight civilian control of the engaged armed forces and required restraint in carrying out their combat duties. In addition to the political-military factors, Schoonmaker also focuses on the joint army-navy-air aspects of the operation. He concentrates on the uniqueness of the intervention which makes the lessons learned from it applicable in some circumstances, but not in others. A study of the Dominican intervention is important because of its implications for defense needs and structure in a time of tight military budgets. The author also outlines the problems associated with quick-reacting forces and indicates the necessity for efficient intelligence, communications, logistics, and command and control. This book is must reading for military theoreticians and strategists, historians, and political scientists.

Book Civil Military Cooperation in Crisis Management Operations  NATO CIMIC in Kosovo and Afghanistan

Download or read book Civil Military Cooperation in Crisis Management Operations NATO CIMIC in Kosovo and Afghanistan written by Franziska Meichelböck and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master's Thesis from the year 2019 in the subject Politics - Topic: International relations, grade: 65/B, Dublin City University (School of Law and Government), language: English, abstract: The following thesis will offer a comprehensive outlook at civil-military cooperation. The first two chapters look at civil-military cooperation in general and demonstrate ways to analyse the concept of civil-military cooperation with approaches of civil-military relations and inter-organizational relations. The third and fourth chapter will look at the institutional theory and its explanatory framework for analysing civil-military cooperation. The analysis of civil-military cooperation in the institutional framework will occur with the method of the policy cycle and looks at the NATO CIMIC Framework and its implementation in the cases of Afghanistan and Kosovo. Since the end of the cold war, the number of conflicts and humanitarian crises increased and the efforts of the international community in crisis management occur in highly complex situations in which sole military or humanitarian efforts cannot provide a solution to the situation. Civil-Military cooperation has become the catchphrase when talking about how to manage and solve complex crises. There are two different understandings of the term civil-military cooperation. In its basic form, it describes ‘the interaction between civilian humanitarian actors and international forces during complex emergencies’. The second understanding was developed by the military and referred ‘to the liaison and coordination processes and mechanisms that are established to facilitate relations between military forces and civilian agencies’ ‘in order to achieve military objectives’. Both definitions are broad and allow every organization to develop their understanding of civil-military cooperation. The most known concept is CIMIC by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). However, other organization, like the United Nations (UN) or the European Union (EU), as well as humanitarian actors, have their understanding of civil-military cooperation. The interesting question is not how each organization understands civil-military cooperation, but how an organization formulate and implement the concept of civil-military cooperation as part of its institutional framework. Civil-military cooperation is used as a tool in crisis management, not by civilian organization, but by military one’s. [...]

Book Crisis Leadership

Download or read book Crisis Leadership written by Gene Klann and published by Center for Creative Leadership. This book was released on 2003 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Nothing tests a leader like a crisis. The highly charged, dramatic events surrounding a crisis profoundly affect the people in an organization and can even threaten the organization's survival. But there are actions a leader can take before, during, and after a crisis to effectively reduce the duration and impact of these extremely difficult situations. At its center, effective crisis leadership is comprised of three things - communication, clarity of vision and values, and caring relationships. Leaders who develop, pay attention to, and practice these qualities go a long way toward handling the human dimension of a crisis. In the end, it's all about the people."

Book The U  S  Military Intervention in Panama

Download or read book The U S Military Intervention in Panama written by Lawrence Yates and published by . This book was released on 2016-05-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Command in Crisis

    Book Details:
  • Author : Joseph F. Bouchard
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1991
  • ISBN : 9780231880022
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book Command in Crisis written by Joseph F. Bouchard and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focuses on the operational requirements of crisis management and the problems that can arise when using military force as a political instrument in crises. It examines the use of U.S. naval forces in four crises that occurred after the end of World War II to develop contingent generalization on crisis military interaction.

Book The U S  Military Intervention in Panama  Origins  Planning  and Crisis Management  June 1987 December 1989  Paperback

Download or read book The U S Military Intervention in Panama Origins Planning and Crisis Management June 1987 December 1989 Paperback written by Lawrence A. Yates and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2007-10-04 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This history examines the Panama crisis from June 1987 to December 1989 not simply as a prelude to Operation Just Cause but as a case study in its own right - as an extended series of interrelated actions and issues that U.S. military personnel had to confront on a daily basis in a process that imparted no sense of inevitability as to the outcome.

Book Crisis Management Beyond the Humanitarian Development Nexus

Download or read book Crisis Management Beyond the Humanitarian Development Nexus written by Atsushi Hanatani and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-09-27 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In addressing humanitarian crises, the international community has long understood the need to extend beyond providing immediate relief, and to engage with long-term recovery activities and the prevention of similar crises in the future. However, this continuum from short-term relief to rehabilitation and development has often proved difficult to achieve. This book aims to shed light on the continuum of humanitarian crisis management, particularly from the viewpoint of major bilateral donors and agencies. Focusing on cases of armed conflicts and disasters, the authors describe the evolution of approaches and lessons learnt in practice when moving from emergency relief to recovery and prevention of future crises. Drawing on an extensive research project conducted by the Japan International Cooperation Agency Research Institute, this book compares how a range of international organizations, bilateral cooperation agencies, NGOs, and research institutes have approached the continuum in international humanitarian crisis management. The book draws on six humanitarian crises case studies, each resulting from armed conflict or natural disasters: Timor-Leste, South Sudan, the Syrian crisis, Hurricane Mitch in Honduras, the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia, and Typhoon Yolanda. The book concludes by proposing a common conceptual framework designed to appeal to different stakeholders involved in crisis management. Following on from the World Humanitarian Summit, where a new way of working on the humanitarian-development nexus was highlighted as one of five major priority trends, this book is a timely contribution to the debate which should interest researchers of humanitarian studies, conflict and peace studies, and disaster risk-management.

Book Exploring C2 Capability and Effectiveness in Challenging Situations

Download or read book Exploring C2 Capability and Effectiveness in Challenging Situations written by Magdalena Granåsen and published by Linköping University Electronic Press. This book was released on 2019-05-27 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern societies are affected by various threats and hazards, including natural disasters, cyber-attacks, extreme weather events and inter-state conflicts. Managing these challenging situations requires immediate actions, suspension of ordinary procedures, decision making under uncertainty and coordinated action. In other words, challenging situations put high demands on the command and control (C2) capability. To strengthen the capability of C2, it is vital to identify the prerequisites for effective coordination and direction within the domain of interest. This thesis explores C2 capability and effectiveness in three domains: interorganizational crisis management, military command and control, and cyber defence operations. The thesis aims to answer three research questions: (1) What constitutes C2 capability? (2) What constitutes C2 effectiveness? and (3) How can C2 effectiveness be assessed? The work was carried out as two case studies and one systematic literature review. The main contributions of the thesis are the identification of perspectives of C2 capability in challenging situations and an overview of approaches to C2 effectiveness assessment. Based on the results of the three studies, six recurring perspectives of capability in the domains studied were identified: interaction (collaboration), direction and coordination, relationships, situation awareness, resilience and preparedness. In the domains there are differences concerning which perspectives that are most emphasized in order obtain C2 capability. C2 effectiveness is defined as the extent to which a C2 system is successful in achieving its intended result. The thesis discusses the interconnectedness of performance and effectiveness measures, and concludes that there is not a united view on the difference between measures of effectiveness and measures of performance. Different approaches to effectiveness assessment were identified, where assessment may be conducted based on one specific issue, in relation to a defined goal for a C2 function or using a more exploratory approach.

Book Implications of Climate Change and Disasters on Military Activities

Download or read book Implications of Climate Change and Disasters on Military Activities written by Orlin Nikolov and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-04-24 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides preliminary recommendations on ways to educate and develop experience-based expertise among disaster response, security and other professionals from diverse backgrounds, whose current and future interests relate to crisis management. The book takes a multidisciplinary approach to improving regional security cooperation and to addressing the complex issues of climate change and disasters on military activities. The main aims of this proceedings volume are: -to provide an Education and Individual Training Activity Common Core Curriculum, whose main purpose is to support increased awareness of the implications of Climate Change; -to identify broad issues on climate change and disasters, particularly those with the highest importance and relevance to regional security. The Crisis Management and Disaster Response Centre of Excellence (CMDR COE) conducted an Advanced Research Workshop “Climate Change Implications on Military Activities in the Balkans Region” between 05-07 July, 2016. The event was supported by the NATO Science for Peace (SPS) Program and gathered distinguished experts from various international organizations and civil-military agencies.

Book The U S  Military Intervention in Panama

Download or read book The U S Military Intervention in Panama written by Lawrence A. Yates and published by . This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CMH Pub 55-1-1. Contingency Operations Series. Examines the Panama crisis from June 1987 to December 1989 as an extended series of interrelated actions and issues that U.S. military personnel had to confront on a daily basis in a process that imparted no sense of inevitability as to the outcome. First published in 2008. Illustrated.

Book The U S  Military Intervention in Panama

Download or read book The U S Military Intervention in Panama written by Lawrence A. Yates and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2008 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 20 December 1989, the United States launched Operation JUST CAUSE, the invasion of Panama. Over the course of the next few days, these forces handily defeated the Panamanian military, toppled the brutal and corrupt dictatorship of Manuel Antonio Noriega, and helped return democracy and stability to the troubled isthmus. The book tells this story by reviewing U.S. contingency planning for the possible use of armed force in Panama and then by recounting the execution of those plans. The companion to this volume, The U.S. Military Intervention in Panama: Origins, Planning, and Crisis Management, June 1987 December 1989, also written by Yates, was published by CMH in 2008."