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The paper notes that neighboring co
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modernized and ready forces and by
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sitive to any suggestion of a gap i
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capability limitations in firepower
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Although the defense budget has com
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structure as part of the enhanced p
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with the United States and its expa
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The ADF can make an important opera
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decisions within that time frame to
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period following the East Timor int
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35. Brendan Nicholson, “Subs Need
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Australia in the World: Public Opin
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Yugoslavia, and then as NATO assume
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countries. Capability is absent in
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fense budget reduction. 16 Sources:
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warfare (ASW) and antisurface warfa
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Royal Navy, the French Navy will no
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terrent, the German navy historical
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ently two are planned, but they hav
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Sources: International Institute fo
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ecent years, even as the navy strov
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among power projection, amphibious
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With European carrier-striking powe
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9. Craig Hoyle, “NEWS FOCUS: How
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24. Ben Jones, Franco-British Milit
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39. Pedro Arguelles, Comparencencia
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have been partaking in many North A
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Democratic Republic’s National Pe
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Year Defense Spending (in billions
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to downsize the armed forces. Upon
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that was to guide the “new orient
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Especially in terms of capabilities
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cil—the first time it did not vot
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tional stability and that of an ind
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sign of what former German presiden
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That Germany did not even try to ma
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9. See Federal Ministry of Defence,
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thing To Hide?”), Die Welt, May 2
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It is for this threat that policyma
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tion” plan will ensure that there
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The DPRK’s missile program has gr
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Japan. If the ROK had simply purcha
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Source: Ministry of National Defens
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(DRP) 2020. Taking the threat from
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most advanced aircraft of the three
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As originally conceived in 2008 and
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mander General B. B. Bell argued th
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Unable to reprocess spent fuel, Sou
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com/Files/FEA_FROM%20THE%20CURRENT%
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16. For examples of North Korean cy
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28. “Civic Groups Call for End of
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42. “Former Generals Criticize Se
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CHAPTER 7 POLISH HARD POWER: INVEST
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and future expeditionary missions,
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program is set between $4 and $6 bi
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spend PLN 40 billion on purchases n
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The Polish navy has five tactical s
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ernization. Poland’s expeditionar
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ated with being a boundary state al
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The relationship between the two co
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and Spanish, with military continge
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CONCLUSION Poland is, by any measur
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than the modifications to 2013 spen
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12. “Rzad uchwalil program finans
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CHAPTER 8 FRENCH HARD POWER: LIVING
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TRANSFORMATION IN AN ERA OF DECLINI
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defense spending were used by the g
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France had not had a Socialist pres
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contracts with firm orders in the a
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out of this equipment requires sust
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Given budget constraints, however,
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Finally, the military intervention
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African operations including in Rwa
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white paper puts it, France aims fo
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years. The state of the French mili
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11. During 1997-2002, €12.6 billi
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29. Government of France, Livre Bla
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taire, April 29, 2013, available fr
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on, and seizure of, Taiwan’s offs
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Source: Stockholm International Pea
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POLITICAL ROADBLOCKS With Taiwan’
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President Ma has argued that a robu
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Here, there may be tension with the
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has ever operated. Equipped with SM
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Although the army and navy have bee
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mainland. It has a reported range o
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Going forward, however, Stokes argu
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Not only will Taiwan’s transition
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Taiwan’s quest for new F-16 C/D f
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also require Taiwan to outsource th
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10. Anti-Secession Law, 10th Nation
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31. Mark A. Stokes, Revolutionizing
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CHAPTER 10 THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREAT
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civil war-like conditions raised th
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But these changes have, in the face
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These limitations in deployable num
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Squeezed by tight budgets, governme
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Vehicles purchased in response to p
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of ensuring adequate training for F
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with 34,000 Afghans across 70 train
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opportunity to experiment with new
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adaptability and capacity to engage
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11. This is particularly true in So
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26. Acquiring equipment from nation
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38. Private interview with a French
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more favorable circumstances arise.
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The data in Figure 11-1 do not pain
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ing with the neurosis of underspend
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tions could scarcely be described a
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Figure 11-4 shows the regular perso
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UK MILITARY OPERATIONS UK armed for
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Finally, the UK also contributed to
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The third theme of the SDR was affo
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2003: Defence White Paper. The expe
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ventional role does not feature pro
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sion of a defense contribution to U
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This explanation is also unconvinci
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precision strike, unmanned combat a
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6. Ben Farmer, “Wars in Iraq and
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29. All quotes in this paragraph ca
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al defense while believing that the
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Separately, NATO operates a jet-fue
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cratic structures that were launche
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sharing in areas that are key milit
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Early VG efforts to enhance collabo
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Denmark and Norway. EPAF emerged fr
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The proposed Advanced European Jet
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successful if they follow the guide
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programs priority protection from d
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same time, such groups can take in
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in enhancing cooperation, and these
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10. HIP is a NATO designation for t
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qués, speeches, and initiatives. A
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KEY POINTS CHAPTER 13 JAPANESE HARD
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cies pertaining to national securit
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This self-denial of a universal rig
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election outcomes, could influence
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Notably, in July 2013, a surface ac
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military power. Notably, the instit
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Chinese fighters’ dangerously clo
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keep track of Chinese forces. To me
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In 2013, Japan launched the first o
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SDF 1995 NDPG 2013 NDPG Future Acti
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edded fears of being denied access
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awareness of all units operating ar
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Tomahawk land attack cruise missile
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na’s defense spending grew by 350
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tomers from about a dozen countries
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just over 15 years, this age group
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ENDNOTES — CHAPTER 13 1. This cha
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23. Prime Minister’s Cabinet and
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KEY POINTS CHAPTER 14 NORTH ATLANTI
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onstrate political determination to
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AIRMEN Air forces might have the be
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traditional close-in, air-to-ground
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However, there is a shortfall in BM
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announced that it intended to procu
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operation and reduces the number of
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We agree to reverse the trend of de
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among allied states and as seen in
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tanker capability similar to the C-
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tory in the proximity of Ukraine, u
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ger cooperation, across the Atlanti
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and AGS programs should be consider
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11. NATO, NATO Ballistic Missile De
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31. The Military Balance 2014, Lond
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ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS BRUCE E. BEC
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U.S. ARMY WAR COLLEGE Major General