New Strategic Concept and Crisis Management by Tim Lannan NATO HQ, International Staff

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New Strategic Concept and Crisis
ManagementbyTim LannanNATO HQ, International
Staff
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New Strategic Concept and Crisis Management -
Overview

• No alteration of the core tasks and principles,
  but adjustment to the dynamics of global security
  
• Emphasis on the nexus between allied security,
  assistance to fragile states and intervention in
  crisis areas
• Reflects the lessons learned throughout NATOs
  advancement in crisis management policies and
  structures
• Broadens the Alliances activities (e.g.
  counterinsurgency, nation-building, humanitarian
  assistance), thus projecting NATOs action in a
  global context
• Enables NATO to conduct a plurality of operations
  simultaneously and in concert with other
  international actors

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Crisis Management Tasks - Progress Report

• Commitments versus achievements
• Enhance intelligence sharing within NATO, to
  better predict when crisis might occur, and how
  they can best be prevented
• Further develop doctrine and military
  capabilities for expeditionary operations,
  including counterinsurgency, stabilization and
  reconstruction operations
• Form an appropriate but modest civilian crisis
  management capability to interface more
  effectively with civilian partners
• Enhance integrated civilian-military planning
  throughout the crisis spectrum

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Crisis Management Tasks - Progress Report

• Develop the capability to train and develop local
  forces in crisis zones () to maintain security
  without international assistance
• Identify and train civilian specialists from
  member states, made available for rapid
  deployment by Allies for selected missions
• Broaden and intensify the political consultations
  among Allies, and with partners