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Implications of a Comprehensive Approach for Reserve Forces

Guy HANOULLE Guy HANOULLE LTC, BELARLTC, BELAR

Plans & Policy DivisionPlans & Policy Division

Introduction

Outline:

• Strasbourg/Kehl: towards a new Strategic Concept

• NATO`s Contribution to a Comprehensive Approach

• Implications for Reserve Forces

Strasbourg/ Kehl

• Strasbourg/ Kehl Summit Declaration: Strengthening the Alliance`s ability to confront existing and emerging 21st century security threats.

• Multiple Futures Project synthesizes current trends into coherent projections about the future. Basis for discussion in order to develop the new Strategic Concept.

• Declaration on Alliance Security: Reaffirming basic values, principles and purposes of NATO and launching process to develop new Strategic Concept until Apr 2010.

Threats and Challenges:

• Terrorism• Proliferation of WMD/ WME• Cyber attacks• Access to resources• Globalization• Weak and Failed States• Climate Change• Use of Technology• Demographics• Competing ideologies and worldviews

Towards a new Strategic Concept

• Climate Change

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Comprehensive Approach

Basic Principle:As much military as necessary

and as much civilian instruments as possible.

Action Plan 2008:

• To review NATO`s OPP,

• To enhance relationships to international non-NATO actors,

• To collect lessons learned and develop opportunities for civil-military education, training and exercises,

• To improve public messaging.

Action Plan:Planning and Conduct of Operations

Aim:

Full assessment of all military and non-military aspectsof a NATO engagement.

Ongoing Work:

• Review NATO Crisis Response System Manual• Review Planning Documentation (NATO`s OPP)• Optimize role of civilian officials, e.g. of the Senior Civilian Representative• Review Guidelines for Operational Planning (SHAPE)• List of national Experts• Implementation of Effects-based thinking

Action Plan:Enhancing Cooperation with external Actors

Aim:

Mutual Understanding, Trust and Confidence in order to achieve an effective implementation of a CA.

Ongoing Work:

• Joint NATO/ UN Declaration on 29 Sep 08• Workshop with partners and non-NATO troop contributors on 06 Mar 09• Workshop with NGOs on 29 May 09

Action Plan:Lessons Learned, Training, Education and Exercises

Aim:

Application of lessons learned process and making greater use of NATO training, education and exercise opportunities.

Ongoing Work:

• Military support to Stabilization and Reconstruction• Developing courses/ exercises on a CA• Comprehensive scenarios for exercises• Crisis Management Exercises

Challenges

Internal:

• Objections against watering down NATO`s core mission

• Ambitions for the European Union

• Bureaucratic challenges

External:

• Some IOs` and NGOs` strict policy of impartiality

• Civilian reservations to the military in general

• Cultural differences

Civil-Military Interaction

without a CA

with a CA

Implications for Reserve Forces

• Full participation in NATO’s approach to act increasingly in concert with other organisations and institutions in order to deal with today’s security challenges.

• Reservists, by their very nature, can offer a broader knowledge and understanding of the philosophy and rules of other organisations and institutions.

• Reservists can offer specific capabilities as required increasingly in a comprehensive approach, i.e. in the domain of CIMIC, Medical capabilities, media, …

Conclusion

Against the background of a Comprehensive Approach, Reserve Forces have an increasing role to play

by inter alia offering specific capabilities and by facilitating the mutual understanding and

knowledge of all organisations and institutions involved

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