New Zealand's Defence Force Structure Determining Priorities in a Benign Environment

Abstract

Since 1985, New Zealand has been forced to re-think its defense objectives as a result of the split in the ANZUS relationship. In addition to the loss of United States cooperation, the Government had directed that New Zealand's primary area of defense responsibility was now the South Pacific. These two factors should have caused a major reassessment of New Zealand's capabilities, but the benign nature of the environment, combined with the minimal threat perceptions projected by the Government, have resulted in much discussion but little cohesion of purpose. The purpose of this research paper is to assess the current and future environment; account for the political and economic inputs; then determine appropriate priorities for New Zealand's armed forces.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA217354

Entities

People

  • Bruce R. Ferguson

Organizations

  • Air War College

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Civil Defense
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Deployment
  • Doctrine
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Law
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Second World War
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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