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European Union Military Staff Deputy Director General - RAdm Bruce Williams

EU Operations in a ‘Wicked’ World (Military adaptation to the Comprehensive Approach). European Union Military Staff Deputy Director General - RAdm Bruce Williams. The Modern Reality. VISION. unintended consequence. INTENT. compromise

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European Union Military Staff Deputy Director General - RAdm Bruce Williams

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  1. EU Operations in a ‘Wicked’ World (Military adaptation to the Comprehensive Approach) European Union Military Staff Deputy Director General - RAdm Bruce Williams

  2. The Modern Reality VISION unintended consequence INTENT compromise & collaboration Wicked Problems Networked and interdependent world leads to wicked not tame problems as the norm!

  3. Lisbon Treaty • Article 21: • Safeguard values, interests, security, independence and integrity; • Preserve peace, prevent conflict and strengthen international security; • Article 26: • The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security policy shall ensure the unity, consistency and effectiveness of action by the Union.

  4. Key Policy Goals • A secure, stable and prosperous European Neighbourhood • Closer relationship with Strategic Partners • Universal respect for human rights • Spread of democracy and rule of law • Sustainable development policy • Crisis management and conflict prevention

  5. Size Matters! APPROXIMATE FIGURES EEAS HQ 1450 EU Delegations 1900 EUMS 200 International Military Staff 400 International Staff 1200 NATO COMMAND STRUCTURE 9800 EU BRUSSELS 26000

  6. Comprehensive Approach Diplomacy Political Geographic & Multilateral Directorates CRISIS PLATFORM Commission CSDP Development Economy Trade Defence & Security Rule of Law

  7. Military OHQ Options COUNCIL/PSC Political Strategic Level Designated EU OHQ EU OPSCEN Military Operational Level EU OHQ at SHAPE Berlin+ with recourse to NATO assets and capabilities Autonomous Autonomous (very small scale)

  8. Comprehensiveness & Relative Utility CRISIS PEACE WAR Peace Building Peace Enforcement Domestic Disaster Relief Arms Control Limited Conventional Conflict Disaster Relief Peace Keeping Major Theatre War Strategic Level War Nation Assistance Domestic Civil Support Security Assistance Counter Organised Crime Humanitarian Assistance Show of Force Counter Insurgency Counter Terrorism Environmental/ Resource Protection Counter Narcotics Counter Piracy Non-Combatant Evacuations Peacetime Consequence Management Conflict Consequence Management Political/ Economic Sanctions Sanctions Enforcement Climate Change NATO EU Comprehensive Action EU Civilian Instruments Relative Utility EU Military Instrument

  9. CSDP Missions (Past & Present) BiH: EUPM Georgia: EUMM Georgia: EUJUST THEMIS BiH: OP ALTHEA Kosovo: EULEX OPT: EUPOL COPPS Kosovo: EUPT OPT: RAFAH - EUBAM FYROM: OP CONCORDIA Iraq: EUJUST LEX FYROM: EUPAT Afghanistan: EUPOL FYROM: EUPOL PROXIMA HoA: OP ATALANTA Chad: EUFOR CHAD HoA: EUTM SOMALIA Guinea Bissau: SSR HoA: EUCAP NESTOR Niger: EUCAP SAHEL Indonesia: AMM DRC: OP ARTIMIS Sudan: AMIS 11 South Sudan: EUVASEC DRC: EUFOR DRC DRC: EUPOL DRC: EUPOL DRC - EUSEC

  10. HoA Strategy EU funding in HoA 2008-2013 €1.6bn EU’s Comprehensive Approach in Action HORN OF AFRICA STRATEGY PARTNERS AU, Regional States, UN, CMF, NATO, Extra-regional states, NGOs….

  11. CSDP Future Maritime Commitment The Council, highlighting the contribution that the Union has to make a stable and secure global maritime domain, recommended initiating work in the context of CFSP/CSDP, for the elaboration of a security Strategy for the global maritime domain, within the framework of the European Security Strategy. Council Conclusions (26 Apr 10) “a responsibility to support law enforcement, protection of citizens and safeguarding national and international interests by countering threats and mitigating risks of illegal or threatening activities in the global maritime domain” EU Concept for MSO under CSDP (May 12)

  12. CSDP MSO Tasks • Surveillance in the Global Maritime Domain • Maritime Protection • Maritime Interdiction/Control • Maritime CT/Counter WMD Proliferation • Maritime Law Enforcement • Maritime Presence • Maritime Security Sector Reform • Contribution to Operations Ashore +

  13. The challenge of being new: Relationship of EEAS with the Commission, Council and Parliament. Cultural change – EEAS 20 months old! Span of commitment (Diplomacy – Development - Defence). The ‘Comprehensive’ challenge: NATO contracts-in comprehensiveness, few levers of state, quick to start. EU integral comprehensiveness, all levers of state, complex to start. EU pedigree based on norms of society and nation building not crisis. Reconciling divergent mandates of stakeholders. The challenge of complexity – the Practical & Political challenge Ambiguity resultant of a perpetual “Wicked Problem” context. Consensus versus Plurality. Ambition versus Reality. Scale & Politics. The challenge of the sovereign debt crisis Current & Future Challenges

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