He says ‘jump’. You say…

by | Feb 2, 2008


Americans have an innate ability to tell it like it is. And so I find myself listening intently to how NATO needs to meet 5 strategic challenges otherwise its doomed to failure. They are:

  1. To move from Article 5 operations to expeditionary warfare
  2. To shift up several gears to meet the level of ambition needed in the alliance
  3. To work on the comprehensive approach at national levels – at the tactical level things seem to be going ok
  4. To determine the identify of NATO – regional or global power
  5. To respect a new definition of security.

No one disagrees. Everyone nods their head. In the background I begin to hear a familiar Jackson song…’ABC easy as 123′

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  • Charlie Edwards

    Charlie Edwards is Director of National Security and Resilience Studies at the Royal United Services Institute. Prior to RUSI he was a Research Leader at the RAND Corporation focusing on Defence and Security where he conducted research and analysis on a broad range of subject areas including: the evaluation and implementation of counter-violent extremism programmes in Europe and Africa, UK cyber strategy, European emergency management, and the role of the internet in the process of radicalisation. He has undertaken fieldwork in Iraq, Somalia, and the wider Horn of Africa region.

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