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Unintended impact on the strategy. Major Thomas Galasz Nielsen. Tactification of the strategy. Strategy making NATO in Afghanistan Strategy failures. Time as a key variable How to handle tactical successes in the strategy Tactification …!. ISAF. War on Terror by USA ISAF NATO.
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Unintended impact on the strategy Major Thomas Galasz Nielsen DIIS ∙ DANISH INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
Tactification of the strategy • Strategy making • NATO in Afghanistan • Strategy failures • Time as a key variable • How to handle tactical successes in the strategy • Tactification…! DIIS ∙ DANISH INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
ISAF • War on Terror by USA • ISAF • NATO • Several shifts in strategy • Clear end state in 2011 • Counterinsurgency as warfare DIIS ∙ DANISH INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
The ISAF Strategy • Tactical successes as benchmarks • Linear thinking • Predictability • Probability • Short/long term DIIS ∙ DANISH INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
What to be done • Clear end state • Obtainable objectives • Clear intent • Focus on time not predictability • Trust in the strategy • Reduce alterations DIIS ∙ DANISH INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES