NATO's Operations and Contingency Plans for Stabilizing the Balkans

Abstract

This letter provides extracts from our recent report on NATO's operations and contingency plans for stabilizing the Balkans. For purposes of this letter, the Balkans region is defined as Albania; Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croak, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro, hereafter referred to as the FRY). Figure 1 and attachment I provide maps of the Balkans region. The full report provides information on (1) current and projected security conditions in the Balkans region, particularly with regard to Bosnia and Serbias province of Kosovo, and (2) the potential impact of these conditions on (a) prospects for a drawdown of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)-led Stabilization Force (SFOR) in Bosnia, (b) NATO's current operations around Kosovo, and (c) NATO and U.S. plans to deploy air and ground forces for resolving the ongoing conflict in Kosovo, in particular, ground operations planned for a "permissive environment"--one where all parties to the conflict agree to the presence and mission of NATO-led forces.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 11, 1999
Accession Number
AD1174802

Entities

People

  • B. P. Hickey
  • Benjamin F. Nelson
  • E. J. Velis
  • Judith Mccloskey
  • Judy Woods

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Combat Forces
  • Department Of Defense
  • Deployment
  • Employment
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Governments
  • International Relations
  • Macedonia
  • Military Operations
  • Military Personnel
  • Minority Groups
  • Nato
  • Personnel Management
  • Security
  • Training
  • United Nations
  • United States
  • Warfare
  • Yugoslavia

Readers

  • International Relations and Conflict Resolution
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.