A German Joint Federal Special Operations Forces Headquarters - An Opportunity?

Abstract

Emerging global complex threats like terrorism, kidnapping, and lone perpetrators do not recognize national borders or responsibilities and confront governments with enormous challenges. The cooperation between Federal police and military SOF in Germany is very limited due to constitutional constrains. On July 3, 2012 a Supreme Court decision increased the military authority to project lethal force within Germany. This provides an opportunity to implement a German Joint Federal Special Operations Forces Headquarters (JFSOF HQ} to coordinate the cooperation of Federal police and military SOF within and outside the national territory to increase the effectiveness of German SOF. In the beginning of the paper, obstacles concerning Federal SOF cooperation as well as the hurdles to implement a JFSOF HQ are mentioned, followed by the advantages, tasks, and structure of a possible JFSOF HQ.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 07, 2015
Accession Number
AD1178609

Entities

People

  • Thorsten G Kunzmann

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Contracts
  • Criminals
  • European Union
  • Governments
  • Information Operations
  • Law
  • Law Enforcement
  • Management Personnel
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Equipment
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Science
  • Military Training
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Police
  • Social Sciences
  • Special Operations Forces
  • Students
  • Supreme Court
  • Task Forces
  • Terrorism
  • Training
  • United States
  • United States Special Operations Command
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.
  • Strategic Security Studies