A Transformation Gap?

by Terriff, Terry

• ISBN13: 9780804763783
• ISBN10: 080476378X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-04-07
• Publisher: Stanford Security Studies

Summary

NATO member states are all undergoing some form of military transformation. Despite a shared vision, transformation has been primarily a US-led process centered on the exploitation of new information technologies in combination with new concepts for "networked organizations" and "effects-based operations." Simply put, European states have been unable to match the level of US investment in new military technologies, leading to the identification of a growing "transformation gap" between the US and the European allies. This book assesses the extent and trajectory of military transformation across a range of European NATO member states, setting their transformation progress against that of the US, and examining the complex mix of factors driving military transformation in each country. It reveals not only the nature and extent of thetransatlanticgap, but also identifies an enormous variation in the extent and pace of transformation among the European allies, suggesting both technological and operational gapswithinEurope.

Author Biography

Terry Terriff is the Arthur J. Child Chair of American Security Policy at the University of Calgary. Frans Osinga is a Colonel in the Royal Netherlands Air Force and an Assistant Professor at the Royal Netherlands Military Academy. Theo Farrell is Professor of War in the Modern World at King's College London.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Contributors	p. ix
Military Transformation in NATO: A Framework for Analysis	p. 1
The Rise of Military Transformation	p. 14
Innovating within Cost and Cultural Constraints: The British Approach to Military Transformation 1	p. 35
From Bottom-Up to Top-Down Transformation: Military Change in France	p. 59
The Rocky Road to Networked and Effects-Based Expeditionary Forces: Military Transformation in the Bundeswehr	p. 83
Innovating on a Shrinking Playing Field: Military Change in The Netherlands Armed Forces	p. 108
The Innovation Imperative: Spain's Military Transformation and NEC	p. 144
Transformation through Expeditionary Warfare: Military Change in Poland	p. 167
The Diffusion of Military Transformation to European Militaries	p. 187
Notes	p. 211
Index	p. 251
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