The Bundeswehr in Military Peace Operations: Have Conditions far Participation Improved.

Abstract

UN Peace operations have dramatically increased in the last decade. The UN, NATO and other collective security systems have changed their methods of cooperation in this area. Since its Unification, Germany has considerably intensified its participation in Military Peace Operations. After a period of unclear constitutional restrictions, missing political consensus within the parliamentary powers and a lack of adequate national military conditions the scene has changed significantly for Out-of-Area Missions for German Federal Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) In this environment this paper aims to: - identify the main foreign and domestic factors, which currently determine the participation of German Forces in Military Peace Missions, - evaluate these factors, whether they have improved the conditions or not, and finally, - provide personal considerations on further steps for German political and military strategy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 03, 1999
Accession Number
ADA363968

Entities

People

  • Peter Rzeczewski

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Command And Control
  • Europe
  • European Union
  • Germany
  • Governments
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Law
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • Second World War
  • Task Forces
  • United Nations
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • International Relations and Conflict Resolution
  • International Relations and European Studies
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies