Envisioning NATO Partnership Presence in Afghanistan from 2014 to 2020

Abstract

Following the agreement to withdraw combat forces from Afghanistan in 2014, efforts continue to build competent Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) and transition provincial security to the ANSF. Now is the time, with transition operations underway, for NATO leadership to determine what it will commit to Afghanistan as part of its Strategic Partnership Declaration after 2014. Knowing that any NATO commitment must be agreed upon by all 28 member nations, each country's contribution must be able to withstand critical scrutiny over the expected costs, political support, consequential risks, and the over-arching idea of maintaining "good membership status" with the United States and the rest of the alliance. This study will present three options for NATO to pursue to meet its commitments to the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GIRoA), and to continue to meet the international goal of creating a secure Afghanistan that denies a safe haven to terrorists.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA592708

Entities

People

  • John D. Kuenzli

Organizations

  • NATO Defense College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Counter WMD
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Combat Forces
  • Combat Operations
  • Governments
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Nato
  • Nato Forces
  • Security
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • Training
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.
  • Systems Analysis and Design