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NATO’s PRIORITIES 2007

NATO’s PRIORITIES 2007. DISTANT CHALLENGES-. FOR A CHANGING ALLIANCE. Bruce Bach Defence Policy and Plans International Staff. Outline. Operations: ISAF; Balkans; Iraq; Active Endeavor, Sudan Russia Ukraine; Mediterranean Dialogue; ICI; new Partners; Contact Group

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NATO’s PRIORITIES 2007

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  1. NATO’s PRIORITIES 2007 DISTANT CHALLENGES- FOR A CHANGING ALLIANCE Bruce Bach Defence Policy and Plans International Staff

  2. Outline • Operations: ISAF; Balkans; Iraq; Active Endeavor, Sudan • Russia • Ukraine; Mediterranean Dialogue; ICI; new Partners; Contact Group • NRF • NATO-EU

  3. Total: 36,679including 1,339 from 11 NNCNs 26 NATO: BE, BUL, CA, CZ, DE, EST, FR, GE, GR, HU, IT, LAT, LIT, LUX, NL, NO, PL, PO, RO, SK, SN, SP, TU, UK, US 11 Non-NATO: ALB, Australia, AU, AZE, CRO, FIN, FYROM*, IRL, NZ, SWE, SWI Key Issues Security/Reconstruction Counter-Narcotics Insurgent activity *Turkey recognises theRepublic of Macedonia with its constitutional name. ISAF

  4. ISAF Contributions by Nation 37 Countries with 36,679 troops (as of 4 May 07) 1,045 Albania 30 137 FYROM Poland Portugal Germany 164 Australia 557 2,881 Romania Greece 750 Austria 2 181 Slovakia Azerbaijan 22 200 Hungary 55 32 Slovenia Iceland Belgium 292 8 Ireland Spain 699 Bulgaria 79 5 Italy Sweden 339 Canada 2,594 2,064 Latvia Switzerland 2 Croatia 150 37 Czech Republic 192 185 Lithuania Turkey 1,314 Denmark 423 9 Luxemburg United Kingdom 4,556 Estonia 151 1,734 United States 14,356 Netherlands Finland 1,339 non-NATO New Zealand 7 88 France Norway 528 811

  5. Travnik Sarajevo X X NHQS NHQT BALKANS HUNGARY ROMANIA SLOVENIA Key Issues • Kosovo • B-H: - Defence Reform - War Criminals - Co-operation with EUFOR CROATIA X Bosanska Dubica SERBIA EUFOR B-H Tuzla XXX NHQ Sarajevo KFOR BULGARIA MONTE NEGRO Mostar Pristina Skopje FYROM* ALBANIA GREECE *TURKEY RECOGNIZES THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA WITH ITS CONSTITUTIONAL NAME

  6. KFOR • Key Issues • - NATO’s engagement in the Contact Group and Status Settlement negotiations • Sustained NATO-led capability through negotiations and settlement implementation CONTRIBUTORS 24 NATO: BE, BU, CZ, DA, ES, FR, GE, GR, HU, IT, LA, LI, LU, NO, PL, PO, RO, SK, SN, SP, TU, UK, US 11 NON-NATO: ARG, ARM, AUS, AZE, FIN, GEO, IRL, MOR, SWE, SWI, UKR Totals KFOR 15,733 NATO 13,087 NON-NATO 2,646

  7. Response to Terrorism Op ACTIVE ENDEAVOUR ACTIVE ENDEAVOUR • Key Issues • RUS and UKR participation • MD & ICI countriescontributions 1,657 (GR, IT, NL, PO, SP, TU, UK, US) TF STROG Suspended until 30 June 07 (Forces 30 days NTM) As of 4 May 2007

  8. N Dongola Port Sudan Northern Darfur KHARTOUM Kassala El Fasher Western Darfur El Obeid Damazin Nyala Malakal Southern Darfur Juba NATO Support to AMIS EGYPT SAUDI ARABIA LIBYA Red Sea CHAD ERITREA ETHIOPIA CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC • KEY TASKS • Coordination of strategic airlift • Staff Capacity Building DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO KENYA UGANDA

  9. N Dongola Port Sudan Northern Darfur KHARTOUM Kassala El Fasher Western Darfur El Obeid Damazin Nyala Malakal Southern Darfur Juba NATO Support to AMIS EGYPT SAUDI ARABIA LIBYA Red Sea CHAD ERITREA ETHIOPIA • Options • Joint Operations Centre • Unit pre-deployment certification • Lessons learned • On the Job Capacity Building CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO KENYA UGANDA

  10. COMMITMENT/USABILITY • Are Allies overstretched? • Political commitment = Boots on the Ground (NOT!) • Remedy: Improved usability of forces with the right capabilities for opns beyond national borders • Army targets: 40% deployable • w/ 8% sustainable

  11. NATO – RUSSIA • Many NATO-Russia programmes • Areas of cooperation include: • SAR, counter-terrorism, training/exercising, defense reform, officer retraining • Political support vs. Gen Staff • Allied support waning/Russian interest?

  12. PARTNERSHIPS • NATO-UKRAINE • PFP- 16 nations in PARP • Mediterranean Dialogue and Istanbul Cooperation Initiative • Contact Group

  13. Partners in 2007 EU MAP KAZ ALB AZE ARM AUT FYR RUS KGZ CHE TKM FIN HRV IRL UZB MDA BLR SWE UKR TJK PFP/Planning and Review Process PFP IPAP GEO BIH Montenegro Serbia ? Mediterranean Dialogue (7 nations) & Istanbul Cooperation Initiative

  14. NATO RESPONSE FORCE • A Joint Force integrating air, land and maritime components • Technologically advanced, of limited size, at high readiness • Rapidly deployable, stand-alonefor up to 30 days • Can act as initial entry capability, for full range of missions • A catalyst for transformation of capabilities in NATO

  15. NATO and the European Union • NATO experts supported EU in • Headline Task Force • NATO/EU Capabilities Group discussing convergence issues • More integrated planning/DPQ CA, IC, NO, TU, US BEL, BGRCZE, DNK,EST, DEU, GRC, HUN, ITA, LVA, LTU, LUX, NLD, POL, PRT ROU, SVK, SVN, ESP, GBR FORCE PLANNING AUS FIN IRL SWE PARP FR

  16. A FULL PLATE, BUT- Political will and Resources are the key; all linked to long term vision of NATO’s future

  17. ADDITIONAL SUPPORTING SLIDES FOLLOW

  18. FORCE GOALS 2008 – E 0356LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY FOR DEPLOYABLE FORCES 1. Improve the English language skills of all personnel planned for employment within Alliance staffs or on operations. In addition to special measures to increase the language proficiency of serving officers and NCOs, integrate adequate language training into the curricula of officer and NCO education establishments and in career development programmes. 2. Ensure that all personnel planned for participation in deployable, multi-nationally manned headquarters have minimum English language skills as follows (listening, speaking, reading, writing in accordance with STANAG 6001): a. Officers: SLP 3-3-3-3. b. NCOs: SLP 3-2-3-2. 3. By 20XX, ensure that all personnel in deployable HRF and NATO Response Force contributions have minimum English language skills as follows: a. Officers: SLP 3-3-3-3. b. Appropriate NCOs, OR-5 and above likely to have frequent contact with personnel from other nations: SLP 3-2-3-2. c. Enlisted personnel planned to operate tactical communications: SLP 2-2-2-1. 4. By 20XX, ensure that all personnel in deployable graduated readiness units have minimum English language skills as follows: a. Officers: SLP 3-3-3-3. b. Appropriate NCOs, OR-5 and above likely to have frequent contact with personnel from other nations: SLP 3-2-3-2. c. Enlisted personnel planned to operate tactical communications: SLP 2-2-2-1. 5. Notwithstanding the above, nations are encouraged to provide basic English language training to all NCOs participating in NATO operations and exercises.

  19. RAC (N) 62 RC NORTH FSB Mazar-e Sharif PRT Mazar-e Sharif 90 210 PRT Maimana Jawzjan FEYZABAD 109 MAZAR-E-SHARIF KUNDUZ Kunduz Takhar Badakshan PRT Feyzabad Balkh MAIMANA 337 POL-E KHOMRI Samangan Faryab PRT Kunduz Baghlan Sari Pul 387 PRT Pol-e Khomri = FSB = PRT 186

  20. = FSB = PRT RC WEST PRT Qaleh-ye Now FSB Herat 136 649 Badghis RAC(W) QALEH-YE NOW Ghowr 47 HERAT CHAGHCHARAN Herat PRT Herat PRT Chaghcharan 120 103 FARAH Farah PRT Farah 121

  21. Manoeuvre Forces Manoeuvre Forces Manoeuvre Forces Manoeuvre Forces Manoeuvre Forces Manoeuvre Forces RC SOUTH No Offers PRT PRT No Offers Dai Kundi + Australia + US PRT Uruzgan Zabul X RC PRT Kandahar No Offers Helmand PRT Nimroz No Offers RC (S) rotational Kandahar Airfield PRT TOA + 12 months + Denmark Estonia No Offers + others

  22. PRT FSB PRT x RC PRT PDST PRT PRT PRT PRT PRT PRT PRT RC EAST PDST = Provincial Development Support Team (only civilians) PRT effects No Offers Panjsher Nuristan Parwan Kapisa Kunar Laghman Bamian Kabul Wardak Nangarhar Logar Paktia Ghazni No Offers Khowst Paktika Manoeuvre Forces II II II II No Offers

  23. Kabul Wardak RC CAPITAL August 2006 x SEEBRIG RC C 8 month rotations X X KMNB RC C RC C PRT II II II (-) (-) (-) ….

  24. ISAF EXPANSION

  25. MNTF (N) 2985 MNTF (W) 3014 MNTF (S) 3614 MNTF (E) 2369 KFOR FORCES AVAILABLE OTHER ELEMENTS XXX KFOR CS+CSS 1798 MNTF(C) 1511 NOVO SELO PRISTINA PEC CAMP VILLE BONDSTEEL PRIZREN

  26. NATO Training Mission - Iraq • In–country:mentoring and training at Iraqi Hqs + NDU (NDC, JSC, IMAR. Some 4500 trained since the beginning of the mission in 2004 • Out-of-country:some 700 trained in NTEFs and by Nations since 2004. • Key Issues • Force Protection • Financing (Trust Fund) • Equipment donations through NTECG (transportation)

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