DE EU als militaire macht, Defence crisis in Fortress Europe

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For a more systematic but politically visible involvement of Ministers in
European capability development the following approach could be followed:

–Firstly
EU-EDA and NATO should provide Ministers with a clear
overview of 'who is doing what': which member states and which
clusters are addressing which shortfalls in what timeframe? The same
overview should also indicate remaining redundancies.

–Secondly
Ministers should get a very clear picture of the remaining
gaps. This should not be expressed in units or numbers – in the size
of telephone books – but rather in more general capability terms.
For
example: the EU or NATO are still lacking sufficient capability in
Air-to-Air Refueling.


-Thirdly
Ministers should then focus their deliberations on how to solve
the remaining shortfalls: 'who has already taken the lead with whom on
what' and 'who will take the lead with whom on remaining shortfalls?'
The plans and programmes of clusters should reflect the intent to close
the capability gaps Europe is facing.


-Fourthly
EU-EDA and NATO should report regularly on the progress
made. Such reports should be short and crisp, indicating progress made
in each capability area. These reports should be provided on an annual
basis. They should not go through a drafting process of member states,
but be presented by the staffs of both organisations.

[Elzenga]

Voor mij zijn er drie thema's op dit vlak...
1) Wel kunnen maar niet moeten samenwerken. Zo rekening houden met soevereiniteitsvraagstuk (middel..zie punt 3)
2) Eindelijk eens een heldere keuze maken tussen pro-EUropese en pro-Atlantische oriëntatie. Beide willen of er elke regeerperiode in switchen geeft m.i. halfbakken resultaten en verdeeldheid. Dit blijft denk ik het belangrijkste "struikelblok".
3) Standaardisatie en nog eens standaardisatie!!

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While the list of success factors is much longer, the following general
conditions for successful cooperation can be stated:

– like mindedness among partners; sharing the same or comparable
'defence cultures';
– an incremental or step-by-step approach; focussing first on realistic
goals and aims;
– develop mechanisms to respect the national sovereignty of joining
partners;
– defence cooperation in clusters should be reflected in the national staff
structures;
– bold steps in international defence cooperation ask for bold leadership
at all levels (military and political);
– a mind shift is needed at all levels;
– focus on opportunities instead of difficulties;
– focus on what can be realised and makes sense in military terms;
– focus on joint, combined and interagency initiatives;
– make use of potential for cooperation all the three models: modular,
integration and specialisation (see below)
– sustained political commitment is needed for all types of cooperation;
– avoid frustration among partners by enhancing transparency and
management of expectations;
– identify main costs drivers among partners and develop combined
initiatives to reduce costs.

[dudge]

Crisis Crisis.
Dat Nationale Soevereiniteit in de huidige tijd een gezocht argument is om niet te hoeven samenwerken, m.i. een correcte stelling is.

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Bold steps in multinational cooperation: taking European defence forward
Security and Terrorism

There is a defence crisis in Europe. And the only way to tackle it is by deepening European defence cooperation across the board. Sovereignty is no longer an excuse for abstaining from participation in 'pooling and sharing'. These are some of the main conclusions in this Clingendael Report, written by authors and Clingendael researchers Margriet Drent, Kees Homan and Dick Zandee.

Ongoing European Defence crisis
The title of this report reflects an aspiration: 'Bold steps in multinational cooperation: Taking European defence forward'. The Clingendael researchers argue that the on-going defence crisis in Europe is caused by the multiple challenges of budget austerity on the one hand and increased instability just across our borders and a United States that is looking to Europe to be the first to deal with it, on the other.

Closer cooperation among the Member States of the EU and NATO on defence is crucial to close the gap between the challenges to our security and the means available. The Clingendael report describes the wider context and ways of closing the existing gap through the clustering of defence capabilities in Europe. The authors further formulate a whole range of recommendations to make sure that the relevant military capabilities become and remain available to meet our collective security needs.

Seminar
This report is based on an international seminar which was held January 2013 in cooperation with The Netherlands Ministry of Defence. During this event participants from seven partner countries of the Netherlands and representatives of the European Defence Agency, NATO and think tanks identified concrete cooperation opportunities and generated innovative thinking on how to move forward on defence cooperation in Europe. Both the EU-NATO context and the bilateral or regional cooperation prospects were taken into account  to explore new opportunities for defence cooperation and to look into innovative solutions.

Photo: Dutch minister of Defence Jeanine Hennis and her colleagues Pieter de Crem (Belgium) and Jean-Marie Halsdorf (Luxemburg) sign an agreement on military cooperation



Het Rapport:
http://www.clingendael.nl/sites/default/files/Bold%20Steps%20in%20Multinational%20Cooperation.pdf

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Het onderwerp komt regelmatig ter sprake, maar dat is vaak vanuit de invalshoek industrie, die een zeer belangrijke en haalbare stap zet die samenwerking mogelijk maakt, en de toekomst visie voor de Nederlandse krijgsmacht.

In dit topic specifieke aandacht voor de operationele en politieke ontwikkelingen. De ontwikkelingen van budgetten en industriële coöperatie, hoe belangrijk ook, hoeven in dit topic geen rol te spelen.