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This paper explores potential future reforms of the NATO command
structure. The intent is to stimulate thought on the current
structure's fit to oversee the forces and operations of a growing
array of NATO missions. From capacity building with partners to
peace operations, humanitarian assistance, and combat operations,
Alliance forces are continuously engaged in multiple theaters.
These challenges demand a command structure with organizational
flexibility, an agile and competent international staff, highly
integrated information systems, and deployable elements to
accompany mobile forces for sustained periods of time. The command
structure and the interoperable communications and information
systems that support it are the sinews that tie together the
national and multinational forces of NATO and its partners. They
also serve to link those forces to the political direction and
decisions of the North Atlantic Council (NAC).
The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) is investing heavily in
information systems to support net-centric military capabilities
and joint operations. With such programs as Global Information Grid
Bandwidth Expansion (GIG-BE), Transformational Satellite
Communications Systems (TSAT), Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS),
and Net Centric Enterprise Services (NCES), DOD is creating a
global information backbone and striving to get useful bandwidth
and information services to the warfighter. After declining in the
1990s, spending on communications and intelligence has grown by 50
percent since 2001. Yet, the investment in networks still is not
enough to harness the full power of information for national
defense.
During the course of nearly two years, the Center for Technology
and National Security Policy (CTNSP), National Defense University
(NDU), has conducted extensive research to identify and explore
major cyber issues. These activities were performed in response to
a request in the 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR). The result
of that research is documented in a book entitled Cyberpower and
National Security.
society such as Afghanistan. More than 7 years into the presence of
the United States and the UN, and m re than 5 years into NATO's
mission in Afghanistan, it is worth analyzing the state of
governance in that country and examining how-and to what extent-the
goal of democracy might be achieved.
Requirements that Army systems be interoperable add cost to any
program from its very inception, from applied research and
development to program milestones and ultimate manufacture and
fielding. Program funding estimates from the beginning of concept
design and engineering must highlight the added costs associated
with meeting various interoperability requirements.
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