MULTILATERALISM AT WAR - DEFENDING “NATIONAL CAVEATS” –
MULTILATERALISM AT WAR - DEFENDING “NATIONAL CAVEATS” –

Summary/Abstract: The author approaches the issue of national caveats, their role and impact in coalition warfare as well as some suggestions regarding the way the latter could be mitigated by NATO. First, he mentions some balanced official views and recommendations regarding the influence of the national caveats. Then, he writes about some public statements and urges to eliminate national caveats. The author considers that it is counterproductive to push towards elimination of national caveats, concluding that all the views presented can be criticised and mentioning that fair understanding shown to different contributor’s caveats could help the strategic effort of the coalition and mean the difference between multilateralism and unilateralism.

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