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FUTURE OF CROATIAN MILITARY EDUCATION. To DE VERSIFY or to SPECIALIZE?. Planning considerations . Membership in Alliances Leveraging coalition capabilities National foreign and security policies Modern threats Needs vs. Capabilities . Membership in Alliances - principles.
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FUTURE OF CROATIAN MILITARY EDUCATION To DEVERSIFY or toSPECIALIZE?
Planning considerations • Membership in Alliances • Leveraging coalition capabilities • National foreign and security policies • Modern threats • Needs vs. Capabilities
National foreign and security policies • What threatens us at home? • What threatens us abroad? • What threatens our allies? • What do we do about it?
Modern Threats • Ethnic conflict • Regional instability • Organized crime • Rogue/Failed states • Proliferation of WMD • Resource conflict • Terrorism… No use of mainbattle tanks, howitzers, aircraft carriers… How to fight againstthem?
"Them" vs. "Us" "THEM" "US" • Borders are irrelevant • Globally dispersed • Uninterested in political goals connected to nationhood • Rich • Allow high degree of initiative • Dispersed / invisible center of gravity • No accountability • Nation states importance of sovereignty • Regionalized • Structured / predictable • Highly visible centers of gravity and weak spots • National and international accountability MilitarIESandTHEIReducation SYSTEMShaVEto respond
What type of forces to built? Diversify Specialize • Easily interchangable in different jobs • Eased mission command • Higher self-initiative ___________________ • Lacking specialized knowledges • High reliance on improvization • Difficult to supervise • More expensive • Highly focused • Reliable and available • Structured, easily controlled and used ____________________ • Lacking "wider view" • Low initiative and capacity to overcome unplanned difficulties • Difficulty in joint and integrated work • "Clan" mentality
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