THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TRUST AND SHARING THE RESPONSIBILITIES IN MULTINATIONAL MILITARY COALITIONS
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TRUST AND SHARING THE RESPONSIBILITIES IN MULTINATIONAL MILITARY COALITIONS

Summary/Abstract: The trust” has multiple links and is relatively easier to be built in peacetime, among soldiers belonging to different nationalities, through the polyvalent knowledge and extended common use. The conclusions of my research, conducted in the theatre of operation from Afghanistan, regarding of this subject are double. First conclusion is that the xeno-cultural images are very resistant to change and seems to be cultural constant values. The values and the images that are part of the cultural nucleus of a nation are remaining stable, with changes happening gradually. The second conclusion is that attitudes towards other different cultures are exposed to changing. In wartime, in extended stress conditions, the trust is eroding or strengthens depending on the common values, the forming process to become soldiers, a common history, organizational policies, etc. The distrust is generating frictions, separation; share the area of responsibilities and lowering the level of interoperability in a coalition.

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