NATO TEN YEARS AFTER - LEARNING THE LESSONS –
NATO TEN YEARS AFTER - LEARNING THE LESSONS –
Author(s): Michael RÜHLESubject(s): Security and defense, Military policy, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Centrul tehnic-editorial al armatei
Keywords: 09/11; Article 5; NATO’s transformation; ISAF; Comprehensive Approach; Military Concept;
Summary/Abstract: The author argues that, in retrospect, instead of heralding NATO’s decline, “09/11” became the catalyst for the most fundamental changes in NATO’s history. Yet, for the NATO allies, the questions they had to ponder from the outset were as obvious as they were profound. Without agonising debate, NATO moved from a geographical to a functional understanding of security. This shift proved to be more significant in ensuring NATO’s future relevance than any other change it has undergone in its history. Today’s NATO is far more experienced in conducting complex operations far from home than it was before “9/11” and the subsequent Afghanistan mission. Moreover, the experience that NATO gained in training indigenous security forces may also provide a valuable asset in other contingencies – for example, in post-Qadhafi Libya.
Journal: Romanian Military Thinking
- Issue Year: 2011
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 168-172
- Page Count: 5
- Language: English