Moldavian Crisis Response: A Strategic Concept for Effective Inter-Ministerial Operations
Abstract
This paper examines policy development and strategy formulation at the strategic level for the government of Moldova. The author analyzes Moldova's inter-ministerial and departmental strategic decision making processes and proposes improvements to those processes, to the doctrine underlying the processes, and to the organizations involved. The paper highlights current inter-ministerial and departmental relationships and uses several Moldavian Armed Forces (MAF) processes as a template to propose changes in how crises are managed at the inter-ministerial level for the full range of possible mission environments, such as counterterrorism, Military Operations Other Than War (MOOTW), natural disasters, and United Nations and NATO operations. The author proposes the following reforms: the refinement of the roles and responsibilities of the Supreme Security Council (SSC); the establishment of an inter-ministerial Monitoring Operating Agency to assist the SSC and to monitor national and international strategic and operational environments; the development of inter-ministerial authoritative doctrine to guide both the chain of authority and to specify the roles and missions for various strategic crisis responses; and the institutional adoption of an inter-ministerial Crises Action Planning Process with a corresponding standard format for Supreme Security Council Directives (SSCD). (16 refs.)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 10, 2004
- Accession Number
- ADA424115
Entities
People
- Aurel Fondos
Organizations
- United States Army War College