NATO COOPERATION AND PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVES ̶ VECTORS OF EUROATLANTIC SECURITY AND STABILITY

Author(s): Florian CÎRCIUMARU / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

The 2010 Strategic Concept “Active Engagement, Modern Defence” is avery clear and resolute statement on NATO’s core tasks and principles, its values, theevolving security environment and the Alliance’s strategic objectives for the next decade.Based on its unique capabilities and operational experience, including expertise in civilianmilitaryinteraction, NATO can contribute to the efforts of the international community formaintaining peace, security and stability, in full coordination with other actors, such asinternational security organisation, state actors and non state actors, non-governmentalorganizations and private volunteer organizations.This paper intends to overview the most important areas of interest concerningcooperation and partnership initiatives that NATO established during its history, as well ascooperation’s influence over the Euroatlantic security and stability, based on the latestdevelopments in the field.

PERCEPTION OF THE SECURITY ENVIRONMENT THROUGH NATO MEMBER STATES’ STRATEGIC DOCUMENTS

Author(s): Vendula Divišová / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

Development of armed forces in the long-term requires a complex understanding of emerging security challenges that will potentially need to be addressed. This contribution will focus on how selected NATO member states differ in perception of the security environment through their strategic documents focused on a long-term view for defence. A threat matrix based on these conceptions exposes several differences in security environment assessment among the Alliance member states. However, these countries should ideally perceive their security concerns as interconnected and shared to achieve greater cohesion and support for joint responses. The analysis also reveals an abrupt change in the assessments following the Russian military intervention in Ukraine.

THE ROLE OF PUBLIC DIPLOMACY IN SOLVING INTERNATIONAL CONFLICTS AND COMBATING TERRORIST THREATS

Author(s): Tudor SÂRBU,Ecaterina Hlihor / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

The study offers a perspective of the relation between activities specific to public diplomacy and the image of a state in international politics. In a more and more interdependent and complex world, the means of public diplomacy, perceived as a dialogue oriented towards engaging the public, can lead to a better understanding between peoples by bringing forth what unites them and by eliminating the discording factors. The means specific to soft power can be more effective in managing crises and international conflicts.

CONSIDERATIONS ON THE MODERN FACE OF WAR

Author(s): Ilie ANGIU / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

The specific means of war is the armed struggle, which is destructive. By triggering a war, politics pursues its aims, but uses other means, the means of armed struggle. Armies are closely linked to technological developments. They are the first beneficiaries of technical and scientific progress. Contemporary military conflicts have highlighted new orientations and concepts of military action, characterized by complexity,mobility, dynamism, the use of high technology and almost totally professional forces,integrated actions of all categories of forces and arms genres. The space for the armedstruggle in its terrestrial, aerial, maritime and cosmic dimension tends to becomeincreasingly integrated, completely cybernetic, with increasing tendencies to expand into theelectromagnetic environment based on spectacular developments in the technical-scientificfield.

MULTIDIMENSIONAL JOB ANALYSIS IN THE MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS

Author(s): Corneliu Axente,Costache Rusu / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

The officers’ advancement in the military career is represented by the translation from execution posts to command posts. Commitment to a command post involves an exponential increase of the task diversity and analyses information flow. Also there’s a need for continuous skills development in leadership and resource managing. Under these circumstances, the occupied command post involves a mix of various challenges in managing simultaneously and synchronously human, material, and time resources available within the organization.This paper proposes a classification used for analyzing the management positions within the military organizations, thus obtaining a way of expressing their complexity and their value, as well as identifying the coordinates needed to be achieved by the military organizations managers from the point of view of different skills or managerial types imposed by the specifics of the occupied post.

MULTIDIMENSIONAL JOB ANALYSIS IN THE MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS

Author(s): Corneliu Axente,Costache Rusu / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

The officers’ advancement in the military career is represented by the translation from execution posts to command posts. Commitment to a command post involves an exponential increase of the task diversity and analyses information flow. Also there’s a need for continuous skills development in leadership and resource managing. Under these circumstances, the occupied command post involves a mix of various challenges in managing simultaneously and synchronously human, material, and time resources available within the organization.This paper proposes a classification used for analyzing the management positions within the military organizations, thus obtaining a way of expressing their complexity and their value, as well as identifying the coordinates needed to be achieved by the military organizations managers from the point of view of different skills or managerial types imposed by the specifics of the occupied post.

DIRECT PARTICIPATION IN HOSTILITIES IN INTERNATIONAL LAW

Author(s): Adrian Băncilă / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

Direct participation in hostilities is not limited to the personnel of the armed forces; as such, numerous dispositions of international military law refer to the possibility that civilians be attracted in the sphere of military operations. In this case the civilians lose their protection as civilians and eventually gain the protection reserved to war prisoners as combatants. Such civilians could include the persons that accompany the armed forces,without being a part of these forces (e.g. civilian military crew members, war correspondents,commercial navy or aviation crew members as well as the population which spontaneously takes up arms to repel an invading enemy). The ambiguity of the expression „direct participants to hostilities” as well as the apparition of new categories of combatants such as members of private military and security companies have led to the emergence of doctrinal and jurisprudential specifications in this field.

CIVIL AND MILITARY COOPERATION –A STAKEHOLDER AMONG WORLD PEACE ACTORS

Author(s): Ciprian Popescu / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

Civilian-military cooperation is and will remain a reference instrument of building world’s peace. Cooperation with civilians represents a challenge for all military personnel, both due to the differences in organizational culture of them, the more active military involvement in humanitarian projects and processes in support of the local population, and the political problems in working with government officials.In order to involve various entities in such cooperation, it is imperative to be proceeded personnel’ training programs conducted both before and after the actions in theatres of operation. Knowing these aspects mentioned above, cooperation between military and civilians could lead to increased confidence, as well as the safety of local population and military force involved. Therefore, CIMIC specialized mission is to continuously grow as much as the number of those who understand that the multinational troops, in general, and Romanian troops, in particular, are there in their country (Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo) to bring peace and stability and to help in keeping the host population hope for a better future.Therefore, the paper will present some elements supporting the main assumption,namely, CIMIC structures and personnel promoting peace and stability in the areas of operations.

USE OF CBRN DEFENCE STRUCTURES IN CBRN CONSEQUENCES MANAGEMENT

Author(s): Alexandru Herciu / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

Military operations are planned, prepared and conducted in conditions of CBRN hazards, risks and threats existence. Today’s hybrid conflict - characterized by complex operating environment security risks - CBRN range is enhanced by the possibility of executing attacks by unconventional and asymmetric forces, not only in dealing with conventional forces but also on the civilian population in the conflict zone, in order to achieve the ultimate goal which is to cause withdrawal of joint, integrated multinational extra regional force. Based on these considerations, the forces engaged in hybrid conflict,supported by CBRN defense forces, must be able to manage possible incidents in the area of operations by applying appropriate measures in order to limit the consequences of CBRN incidents, to save the life of military personnel and civilians and to limit the effects and restoring affected environmental factors.

NATO EUROPEAN MISSILE DEFENSE FROM DESIRE TO REALITY

Author(s): Florentin-Gabriel Giuvară / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

The current global security environment is dangerous and unpredictable,bringing instability and security challenges, from the Middle East to North Africa and towardEastern Europe, as well as newer threats such as cyber-attacks and ballistic missiles. NATOhas begun to adapt its deterrence and defence posture to the security coordinates of the 21stcentury, and Missile Defence will play an important role in this process. At the 2010 NATOSummit in Lisbon, Heads of State and Government committed themselves to maintaining anappropriate mix of conventional, nuclear and missile defence assets in order to strengthendefence against the full range of risks and threats to the Alliance. The Allies’ objectiveremains, however, achievement of a Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) capability that canprovide full coverage and protection to NATO European populations, forces and territory, inaccordance with the principles of indivisibility of Allies’ security and NATO solidarity.

DEVELOPMENT TRENDS FOR A 21ST CENTURY EFFECTIVE SMALL NAVY

Author(s): Alexandru Cristian Hudisteanu / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

Small navies have always been in a race to keep up with a dynamic security environment. They have to overcome not only the specific problems of adapting to emerging threats and assuming new responsibilities in the maritime domain, but doing so with a limited number of assets – both in number and capabilities –, threatened by budgetary cuts or insufficient funding – with effects that prove the more sever the smaller the navy. All this happens under close scrutiny of public opinion concerning military spending and their usefulness – small navies being in general national income consumers, rather than wealth generators –, and most of the time overstretching personnel and assets to honor a full range of domestic and international commitments. This paper will highlight some development trends that allow a small navy to keep up with an ever changing security environment in and effective and efficient manner.

A POSSIBLE ROMANIAN-AMERICAN NAVAL STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP

Author(s): Ioan Crăciun,Auraș Liviu COMAN / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

How can the United States increase the responsiveness of US forces to reinforce the South-Eastern NATO flank in the Black Sea? Geopolitical changes have led to calls for the necessity to update the Montreux Convention. These restrictions can be avoided in this situation if the US would rent or lease at a reasonable price warships to the Romanian Navy that fly the Romanian flag, and are operated by a Romanian-American crew. Montreux Convention rules may be avoided by building an innovative partnership, a solid and reliable agreement between US Navy and Romanian Navy. Subsequently, a Multinational Task Group composed of American, Romanian, and Black Sea littoral countries’ ships can be consolidated. The result will be beneficial to the US, NATO, EU, and Black Sea countries.This naval partnership has to be created to support Aegis Ashore Missile Defense System Deveselu, to rebuild a military and security power in the region, and change the balance of power.

GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING THE CIMIC DOCTRINE IN ROMANIA

Author(s): Eugen Popescu / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

Contemporary military operations take place in complex environments populated by different civilian and humanitarian institutions and a challenging array of issues that are not precisely „military” in nature. This has increased the importance of managing the civil-military interface, particularly that between the military and the humanitarian community. This process of management is described in Civil-Military Cooperation Doctrine. The report examines the evolution of Civil-Military Co-operation Doctrine in the Romanian Armed Forces.

Gândirea militară românească înainte de Marea Unire. Proiecţia oficială prusacă vs. dezideratul şcolii franceze

Author(s): Adrian Lesenciuc / Language(s): Romanian Publication Year: 0

This chapter begins with a short review of the military thinking at the beginning of the 20th century, which mainly highlights the importance of the Prussian influence on the war. Moreover, the chapter includes the bases of the Romanian military thinking development programme. To conclude, the author writes about the development of the Romanian military thinking under the influence of the two schools of thinking: Prussian and French.

Gândirea militară românească după Marea Unire

Author(s): Adrian Lesenciuc / Language(s): Romanian Publication Year: 0

This chapter begins with a few aspects regarding the reorganisation of the Romanian Armed Forces in 1917 and the harmonisation with the French military school. Then, it goes through the first steps made towards a Romanian military thinking school and ends with a few conclusions regarding the sailing against the wind, which is, in the author's opinion, one of the most important features of the Romanian military thinking.

Carl von Clausewitz, Despre război. Deformări ideologizante

Author(s): Adrian Lesenciuc / Language(s): Romanian Publication Year: 0

The chapter begins with a short history of Carl von Clausewitz, the one who has fundamentally changed the physiognomy of war, and his main book, On War, a masterpiece dealing with the theory or philosophy of war. Then, the author addresses the delicate issue of various authors who failed to understand his ideas and, thus, started to distort them.

Clausewitzianismul

Author(s): Adrian Lesenciuc / Language(s): Romanian Publication Year: 0

This chapter approaches the emergence of the Clausewitzian ideas, Neoclausewitzianism and the Clausewitzian paradigm and the limitations of its horizon.

Postclausewitzianismul. Anticlausewitzianismul.

Author(s): Adrian Lesenciuc / Language(s): Romanian Publication Year: 0

In this chapter, the author writes about the postclausewitzian conflictual environment, the revolution in military affairs, the new relations of power and the anticlausewitzianism as a counterideology, with Basil Henry Liddell Hart as the most prominent example in this respect.

Gândirea militară românească în raport cu gândirea clausewitziană

Author(s): Adrian Lesenciuc / Language(s): Romanian Publication Year: 0

In this chapter, the author draws a comparison between the Romanian military thinking and the Clausewitzian thinking. First, he addresses the Clausewitzian heritage in terms of its reinterpretation according to Engels. Then, he writes about Neoclausewitzian and Postclausewitzianian positioning and the continuous warfare

Reflectarea operei lui Clausewitz in Gândirea militară românească

Author(s): Adrian Lesenciuc / Language(s): Romanian Publication Year: 0