Global Security: in Search of a New Vision - Center for Strategic ...
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Chapter 50<br />
Deal<strong>in</strong>g with the Future <strong>Security</strong> Environment<br />
Admi ral Luciano Zappata 1<br />
OPENING REMARKS<br />
Iam the last obsta cle between you and the end <strong>of</strong> the work shop! This gives me power over your per -<br />
sonal free dom that I shall restra<strong>in</strong> from us<strong>in</strong>g pro vided you show your grat i tude at the end <strong>of</strong> the<br />
eve n<strong>in</strong>g and toast my national foot ball team’s vic tory over Spa<strong>in</strong> (this is my level <strong>of</strong> ambi tion <strong>for</strong><br />
tonight)!<br />
I will start by thank <strong>in</strong>g Roger <strong>for</strong> <strong>in</strong>vit <strong>in</strong>g me. This work shop had great speak ers, great speeches, and<br />
great dis cus sions, and I received a lot <strong>of</strong> impor tant take aways. Thank you, Roger! And many thanks to<br />
your very pro fes sional staff, to the great work, and to your hos pi tal ity.<br />
S<strong>in</strong>ce tonight I rep re sent the Ital ian CHOD, I am also very pleased to extend to Roger, his staff, and all<br />
the par tic i pants at the work shop the warm est appre ci a tion <strong>of</strong> the Ital ian M<strong>in</strong> is ter <strong>of</strong> Defense and my<br />
CHOD, Gen eral V<strong>in</strong>cenzo Campor<strong>in</strong>i. When you <strong>in</strong>tro duced him, Roger, you pre sented him as an admi -<br />
ral; actu ally, he is a true jo<strong>in</strong>t leader, so I am very happy <strong>for</strong> this special award.<br />
Allied Command Trans<strong>for</strong>mation<br />
As the Dep uty Supreme Allied Com mander <strong>for</strong> Trans <strong>for</strong> ma tion, I work with this NATO orga ni za -<br />
tion to lead the mil i tary trans <strong>for</strong> ma tion <strong>of</strong> the Alli ance. To do this, my orga ni za tion works with Allied<br />
Com mand Oper a tions (ACO) to sup port them <strong>in</strong> their mis sion, and with the <strong>in</strong>di vid ual nations that<br />
deliver most <strong>of</strong> the capa bil i ties. We do not want to dupli cate any <strong>of</strong> their ef<strong>for</strong>ts; rather, we pro vide a<br />
<strong>for</strong>um <strong>for</strong> br<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>g national pro cesses together <strong>in</strong> a coher ent way to develop <strong>in</strong>teroperable capa bil i ties.<br />
And we do not just work with<strong>in</strong> NATO; <strong>of</strong>ten we work with part ner coun tries, the coun tries <strong>of</strong> the Med i -<br />
ter ra nean Dia logue (MD), the par tic i pants <strong>in</strong> the Istan bul Coop er a tion Ini tia tive (ICI), and with con tact<br />
coun tries. NATO, how ever, is a ref er ence po<strong>in</strong>t <strong>for</strong> <strong>in</strong>teroperability, and has a well-proven stand <strong>in</strong>g com -<br />
mand-and-con trol struc ture, which is well rep re sented here by Allied Command Operations.<br />
Military trans<strong>for</strong>mation is a cycle <strong>in</strong> which concept development and experimentation, <strong>in</strong>novation,<br />
anal y sis <strong>of</strong> les sons learned, and tra<strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>g com b<strong>in</strong>e to facil i tate change and adap ta tion to new chal lenges. It<br />
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Admiral Luciano Zappata is the Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Trans<strong>for</strong>mation.