Adaptations in NATO and European naval command organizations since 1989

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Inskeep, Christopher H.
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CAFMED
Common Foreign and Security Policy
EMMF
EUROMARFOR
European Union
European Security and Defense Identity
NATO
STRIKFORSOUTH
Western European Union
United States
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Yost, David S.
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2001-03
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March 2001
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Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
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This thesis analyzes post-1989 organizational and capability adaptations of NATO and European naval command organizations. Specifically, this thesis examines how the adaptations of the Striking and Support Forces Southern Europe (STRIKFORSOUTH), the European Maritime Force (EUROMARFOR), and the Combined Amphibious Forces Mediterranean (CAFMED), as well as the definition of the European Multinational Maritime Force (EMMF) concept, strengthen the European Security and Defense Identity (ESDI) within NATO and endow the European Union (EU) with a naval dimension. These organizational adaptations are intended to help the member nations of NATO and the EU meet evolving international security challenges. However, they have also raised significant questions about whether NATO European allies are willing to fund NATO's Defense Capabilities Initiative (DCI) to address military and naval deficiencies. The capabilities gap between the naval forces of the United States and those of NATO European allies poses noteworthy challenges, including interoerability.
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https://hdl.handle.net/10945/9724
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National Security Affairs (NSA)
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Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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xii, 79 p. ; 28 cm.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.
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