Managing Instability: A Pre-Crisis Approach

Abstract

Recognizing that the military in general and the Navy specifically are neither assigned to resolve nor equipped to handle the challenges underlying internal foreign instability, the staff of the Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces Europe (CNE), began search for an approach that would allow them to get more benefit out of the peacetime engagement activities it conducted. CNE personnel quickly recognized that the best way to leverage scarce military resources was to support appropriate activities already underway in other sectors - be they commercial, diplomatic, humanitarian, or economic activities. They coined the term "formative engagement" to describe these supporting military missions. As a result of conference discussions, the term was changed to "cooperative engagement" to better reflect the military's desire to work with not on host nations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA430519

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  • Bradd C. Hayes
  • Theophilos C. Gemelas

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