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"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...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)
Other Authors: Larrabee, F. Stephen
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2012.
Series:Rand Corporation monograph series.
Subjects:
North Atlantic Treaty Organization > Armed Forces > Operational readiness.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization > Armed Forces > Appropriations and expenditures.
Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique Nord > Forces armées > État de préparation opérationnelle.
Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique Nord > Forces armées > Crédits budgétaires et dépenses.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
HISTORY > Military > Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Security (National & International)
Armed Forces > Appropriations and expenditures
Armed Forces > Operational readiness
Military policy
Europe > Military policy.
North America > Military policy.
Europe > Armed Forces > Appropriations and expenditures.
North America > Armed Forces > Appropriations and expenditures.
Europe > Politique militaire.
Amérique du Nord > Politique militaire.
Europe > Forces armées > Crédits budgétaires et dépenses.
Amérique du Nord > Forces armées > Crédits budgétaires et dépenses.
Europe
North America
Online Access:Texto completo
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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.
Item Description:"National Defense Research Institute."
"MG-1196-OSD"--Page 4 of cover.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxiii, 115 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-115).
ISBN:9780833068507
0833068504
9780833068491
0833068490
9780833068484
0833068482
9780833068477
0833068474

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