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Aplikace systémové dynamiky v procesu sdílení vojenských schopností
Aplication of system dynamics in the process of sharing military capabilities

Author(s): Dalibor Procházka, Antonín Novotný
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Univerzita obrany
Keywords: Smart Defence; Pooling and Sharing; Connected Forces Initiative; Framework Nations Concept; military capabilities; planning; pooling; sharing; dynamic model.

Summary/Abstract: The article describes the application of system dynamics in the process military capabilities sharing of the Czech Republic with Alliance allies. The aim is not to capture the problem in all its aspects, but is focused on the process of multinational capabilities sharing with accent for the Army of the Czech Republic, which has been suffer in the last few years the reduction in the defence spending. Czech Republic gradually came with its defence budget into the group of countries that profit from its membership in NATO, but without its own contribution for developing of its military capabilities. The basic precondition for the capability and readiness of the Alliance to face current and new security challenges, is the necessity to have adequate capabilities. For achieving this goal is essential higher and more responsible involvement the European countries of the Alliance for collective defence, including the Czech Republic. Ongoing Ukrainian crisis and the behavior of the Russian Federation represent a fundamental change in the security environment in Europe and therefore changing the assumptions on which the Alliance is preparing to fulfil tasks. Solving problems in capabilities can be achieve by properly-designed investments in upgrading, by improving NATO defence planning process and accordance with national defence planning process, by consistent execution capability targets that this process generates, but also by use of multinational capabilities sharing. Pooling and sharing capability among individual member states can have a significant impact on the way, how to replace the missing defence sources or how to effectively use increasing of defence budgets, which the Alliance, including the Czech Republic, declared at the summit in Wales.

  • Issue Year: 14/2014
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 87-104
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Czech