The Revolution in Military Affairs and Coalition Operations: Problem Areas and Solutions
Abstract
Command authorities are little known, but crucial, instruments in the conveyance of political
authority to a designated military commander to conduct military operations. In the context of
civil-military relations, command authorities act as the nexus between the political authority to
carry out military operations and their actual execution. In a coalition/alliance, political
sensitivities over the transfer of command authorities to a foreign military commander far exceed
those in solely a national context. That said, future operations undertaken by the United States
and its close allies and friends certainly will be multinational. Thus, all the more reason to
understand weaknesses and shortcomings in current command authority definitions and the
practices by which they are delegated.
Description
Paper prepared for the conference:
The RMA and the Asia Pacific: Challenge and Response
Organized by the Australian Defence Studies Centre,
Australian Defence Force Academy
for:
The Office of the RMA,
Department of Defence
Russell, ACT
Australia
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