Combined Joint Task Forces (CJTF) and New Missions for NATO
Abstract
The January 1994 NATO summit meeting in Brussels approved a U.S. proposal that would help restructure NATO command arrangements and forces to meet the more varied military security demands of the post Cold War era. The allied decision to create "Combined Joint Task Forces (CJTF)," if successfully implemented, could give the United States and NATO more flexible military options for dealing with contingencies in and beyond Europe, for example when intervention capabilities are needed to support a United Nations peace operation. CJTF could become the main way for the United States to develop more effective sharing of global military burdens with its European allies. The plan would accommodate joint U.S.-European missions as well as operations mounted by the Europeans with little or no direct U.S. involvement. And, the new command arrangements could accommodate participation of forces from non NATO allies: for example, the new democracies that aspire to NATO membership. Implementation, however, will require that the United States continue to commit significant military assets to NATO, that European allies stem the recent decline in defense spending, and that they reorient at least some of their forces to support possible CJTF missions.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 17, 1994
- Accession Number
- ADA338635
Entities
People
- Stanley R. Sloan
Organizations
- Library of Congress