Multinational Rapid Response Mechanisms: From Institutional Proliferation to Institutional Exploitation

ISBN-13: 9781138543980 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 194 str.

John Karlsrud; Yf Reykers

Opis

This book is the first comprehensive and comparative contribution to explore and identify the key factors that hamper and enable the development and deployment of multinational rapid response mechanisms.

Spis treści

Introduction: Rapid response mechanisms—strengthening defense cooperation and saving strangers?  PART I: INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS OF RAPID RESPONSE MECHANISMS  1. Tools in a toolbox: The African Union’s repertoire of mechanisms for addressing peace and security on the continent  2. EU Battlegroups: From standby to standstill  3. The NATO Response Force: Bellwether of NATO’s commitment to regional deterrence  4. United Nations rapid reaction mechanisms: Toward a global force on standby?  PART II: MULTINATIONAL OPERATIONS IN PRACTICE  5. Multinational rapid response forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo—another example of winning battles, but losing the peace?  6. Rapid response and inter-organizational competition: Four international organizations, two key states, and the crisis in the Central African Republic  7. Tangled up in glue: Multilateral crisis responses in Mali  8. EU-NATO inter-organizational relations in counter-piracy operations off the Horn of Africa  9. Conclusion: Military rapid response—from institutional investment to ad hoc solutions