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Title NATO and the challenges of austerity / F. Stephen Larrabee [and others].

Publication Info. Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2012.

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 115 pages) : illustrations.
data file rda
Series Monograph / Rand Corporation
Rand Corporation monograph series.
Note "National Defense Research Institute."
"MG-1196-OSD"--Page 4 of cover.
Funding Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense W74V8H-06-C-0002.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-115).
Contents Introduction: The defense spending gap; Purpose and organization of the study -- The impact of defense cuts on key NATO allies: United Kingdom; France; Germany; Italy; Spain; Netherlands; Poland; Future prospects -- NATO Europe's capability for defense and power projection in the coming decade: Defense of NATO territory; Missions in NATO's immediate neighborhood; High-intensity power-projection missions in more distant regions; Long-range operations with small "conventional" forces; Long-range SOF operations; Conclusion -- The broader strategic context: The limits of smart defense; Pooling and sharing; The impact of the Euro crisis; The European defense industrial sector; The Libyan Intervention: lessons and implications; Shifting U.S. defense priorities -- Implications and recommendations for U.S. policy: Transatlantic defense challenges in an era of austerity; Sustaining the alliance over the long run.
Summary "In the coming decade, NATO faces growing fiscal austerity and declining defense budgets. This study analyzes the impact of planned defense budget cuts on the capabilities of seven European members of NATO -- the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, and Poland -- that together represent more than 80 percent of NATO Europe's defense spending. The result of the anticipated cuts and future financial constraints is that the capacity of the major European powers to project military power will be highly constrained: The air, land, and sea forces of key U.S. European allies are rapidly reaching the point at which they can perform only one moderate-sized operation at a time and will be hard-pressed to meet the rotation requirements of a protracted, small-scale irregular warfare mission. Power projection and sustainment of significant forces outside Europe's immediate neighborhood will be particularly difficult. The authors discuss these challenges in a strategic context, including the operational and planning weaknesses exposed by NATO's intervention in Libya in 2011, and make recommendations for U.S. policy with regard to NATO."--Page 4 of cover.
Note Print version record.
Subject North Atlantic Treaty Organization -- Armed Forces -- Operational readiness.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization -- Armed Forces -- Appropriations and expenditures.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization. (OCoLC)fst00529467
Europe -- Military policy.
North America -- Military policy.
Europe -- Armed Forces -- Appropriations and expenditures.
North America -- Armed Forces -- Appropriations and expenditures.
HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Security (National & International)
Armed Forces -- Appropriations and expenditures. (OCoLC)fst00814587
Armed Forces -- Operational readiness. (OCoLC)fst01351844
Military policy. (OCoLC)fst01021386
Europe. (OCoLC)fst01245064
North America. (OCoLC)fst01242475
Added Author Larrabee, F. Stephen.
National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)
Other Form: Print version: NATO and the challenges of austerity. Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2012 9780833068477 (DLC) 2012040914
ISBN 9780833068507 (electronic bk.)
0833068504 (electronic bk.)
9780833068491 (electronic bk.)
0833068490 (electronic bk.)
9780833068484 (electronic bk.)
0833068482 (electronic bk.)
9780833068477 (paperback;) (alk. paper)
0833068474 (paperback;) (alk. paper)
Report No. RAND/MG-1196-OSD
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