Civil military relations
Friedrich Brohs provides a civil perspective to joint emergency operations and suggestions as to how to overcome any mutual wariness.
Also, Gopalji Malviya looks at the role of the armed forces in crises in India, and discusses how the nature and magnitude of various crises that India faces sometimes demands the employment of resources which often transcend the capacity of the local civil authorities.
Raj Rana, independent consultant and Project Advisor for the Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research at Harvard University, writes the first in a two-part series that examines the theme of multi-agency and multi-national response to natural disasters and armed conflicts. This is a subject that is gaining further attention following the exceptional string of natural disasters, from the Tsunami of late 2004, and the South Asia earthquake in 2005. A key learning point is that the range of actors is constantly increasing, and traditional rules and roles are being overturned.
Meanwhile, NATO’s role in civil/military operations is discussed by Chris Bennett, editor of the NATO Review, and James Pardew, deputy assistant secretary general and director of operations in NATO's Operations Division. They examine how the actions of NATO to provide aid and stability to war-torn and disaster affected regions, have shifted the organisation’s focus with an eclectic set of missions
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The full text appears in Volume 2 Issue 3 of the Crisis Response Journal.
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