Reflections on NATO's Political and Military Transformation since 9/11, Fall 2006

Tuesday, December 5, 2006

The challenge for NATO is not to demonstrate its relevance by launching ever more distant and ambitious new missions but to overhaul its own institution so that it can better exploit the three key power levers: Military expeditionary force; civil-military coordination; and strategic political direction. Otherwise the more NATO tries to go global, the more it risks to under-perform and bite off more than it can chew.

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Jamie Shea

Jamie Shea is a former Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges at NATO.

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