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WhatFutureforNATOafter2014?
WhentheconceptofthecurrentissueofThePolishQuarterlywasfirstformulated,the
endoftheISAFoperationin2014wasuniversallyassumedtobecomethemainpoint
ofreferencefordiscussionsaboutthefutureofNATO.Somearguedthatthealliance
wouldbefacedwithanalmostexistentialcrisisoffindingthenextunifyingcauseafter
theendoftheextensiveoutofareadeployments.TheSecretaryGeneralspoke
eloquentlyabouttheupcomingtransitionfroma“deployed”toa“prepared”NATO,
butitremainedunclearwhatexactlythepost-2014allianceshouldbepreparingitself
for
.MostCentralEuropeanscalledforNATOto“comehome”andcultivateitscore
collectivedefencetask,whileothersnotedthatglobaldevelopmentswouldverysoon
forcetheallianceintoinitiatingoutofareaactionsagain.
MagnusNordenman
NATObeyondAfghanistan:AU.S.ViewontheISAFMissionand
theFutureoftheAlliance
ManyinWashingtonhavedrawntheconclusionthatNATOlargelyfailed
inAfghanistan,innosmallpartduetoinsufficientpoliticalwillinEuropecoupled
withlacklustremilitarycapabilitiesandforcescontributedbyAmerica’sNATOallies.
However
,oncloserexamination,thisconclusionaboutAmerica’sEuropeanallies
appearshasty.Indeed,Europeannationshaveexhibitedasurprisinglevelofpolitical
will,consideringthecircumstances,andtheAfghanistanmissionhasgenerated
amajor
,andsometimespainful,transformationofEuropeanforcestowardsamore
expeditionaryconstruct.ThisispreciselywhatWashingtonhassoughtfromitsallies
inEuropesincetheendoftheColdWar.
EricSangar
TheGermanBundeswehrafterAfghanistan:AReturntoWhich
“Normality?”
ThispaperaimsatsheddingsomelightontheimpactoftheISAFmissiononthe
Germanarmedforces.First,ashortoverviewoftheessentialoperationalandstrategic
dynamicsoftheBundeswehr’sISAFdeploymentbetween2003and2013will
bepresented.Then,someoftheresultingchangesinoperationaldesignandmilitary
discoursesarepresented,includingtheperceivedneedfora“return”toclassicalwar-
fightingcapabilities.Relatedtothis,thethirdsectionpresentssomefundamental
influencesonthefutureoftheBundeswehr
,includingtheimpactonforceevolution
andorganisationalidentity.Intheconclusion,afewresultingconsequencesforthe
futureshapeofGermansecuritypolicyarediscussed.
AstaMaskaliūnaitė
LearningtoThinkBig:TheLithuanianExperienceoftheISAF
ThisarticlepresentsabriefoverviewtheLithuanianexperienceintheISAFand