International studies, Vol. IV No. 3-4, 2004.
Review article
NATO and Crisis Management Forces
Drago Lovrić
; Master of International Relations
Abstract
NATO has set an ambitious objective to develop the NATO Response Force that will number some 21,000 troops in all three services by the end of 2006. By the end of 2004 the initial forces will be developed, with the task to test procedures and models of forces development. The new organizational model of NATO forces, shaped after the NATO Rapid Force, should help to overcome the NATO capabilities stagnation, increase efficiency and decrease the inertness of the oversized NATO system. These forces should have the capability to be the first in and out of crises, which means that they will be replaced as soon as peacekeeping forces can be used in crisis areas.
Keywords
NATO; NATO Response Force; security; crises; EU
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287128
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Publication date:
30.9.2004.
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