Standing Naval Forces and Global Security

Abstract

The United States faces a security dilemma with the end of the cold war and the advent of ill defined, regional based threats. The United States must meet increased global security needs with a concurrent drawdown in naval strength. As a partial solution to this dilemma this thesis examines using regional standing naval forces to meet global security needs. A standing naval force offers a variety of diplomatic and military responses to crises and can react on very short notice. The cost of a standing naval force is shared among the members of the multinational alliance. In this thesis NATO's standing naval forces provide a model that is developed into an exportable concept. This concept is tested for the Pacific geopolitical region. Multinational coalition NATO, Standing naval force, Regional security, Global security, Maritime Security

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 04, 1993
Accession Number
ADA272976

Entities

People

  • David L. Kelly

Organizations

  • United States Army Command and General Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Deployment
  • Geography
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Conflicts
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Military Organizations
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Topography
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • Warfare

Readers

  • International Relations and European Studies
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Strategic Security Studies