German Military Transformation: the Never-Ending Quest for Appropriate Military Capacities
Journal Title: Vojenske rozhledy - Year 2018, Vol 27, Issue 3
Abstract
Since the end of the Cold War, several military reforms have been carried out in Germany so far and a new military transformation is in the process of preparation. Over the years, the definition of the Bundeswehr’s main missions has gradually shifted towards crisis management operations and the structure of the armed forces has accommodated to this shift. After the 2010-2011 reform, it was entirely evident that crisis management operations have become the main task of the armed forces. At present, German military policy places the main emphasis on “restoring the capacities” for collective defence. The strengthening of the expeditionary element in the German armed forces was made possible by the most efficient use of resources and investment inherited from the Cold War era and cutting capacities tailored to territorial defence. The author comes to the conclusion, that such policy is now evidently exhausted and is no longer sustainable - if German collective defence capacities are to be truly restored.
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Zdeněk Kříž
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- DOI 10.3849/2336-2995.27.2018.03.047-062
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