Reconsidering NATO's Decision Making Process

Abstract

NATO's strategic environment has changed dramatically: from Cold War, static confrontation via operations inside NATO member states borders to the existence of a highly mobile, expeditionary NATO Response Force. Does NATO's decision making process adequately support timely decisions before and during operations on sensitive military actions with strategic impact? This project explores the current decision making process in the North Atlantic Council and the Military Committee and considers necessary realignments to improve the process. Recommendations are provided to adjust the existing decision making process in a way that NATO retains credibility and validity as a reliable institution in the security policy arena.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 05, 2007
Accession Number
ADA467165

Entities

People

  • Uwe Benecke

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Cold War
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Europe
  • International Organizations
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military Budgets
  • Military Commanders
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Planning
  • Military Science
  • Nato
  • Organizational Structure
  • Terrorists
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Systems Analysis and Design