EU Civil-Military Cell: Useful Model for Joint/Interagency Operations.

摘要

This paper will compare the organizations and processes employed at the strategic level by the United States and the European Union (EU) for the planning of civil-military operations, and provide recommendations from the EU experience that can be applied to the U.S. interagency process. With the implementation of the Lisbon Treaty, the EU has transformed what was European Security and Defense Policy to a Common Security and Defense Policy for member states. The changes brought about by the Lisbon Treaty in this arena include the creation of the Crisis Management Planning Directorate (CMPD) and the subsequent move of the EU Military Staff's civil-military staff to the CMPD -- a change which has the potential to unify civil-military planning under one joint military and civilian planning staff from the very conception of a CSDP military operation or civilian mission. The idea of creating a Brussels-based EU operations center to serve as both a planning and operations center, which has only been discussed and whose realization is uncertain, would allow the EU to attain unity of effort in civil-military operations. These two ideas, the first in the process of implementation and the second under discussion, present two ideas that might inform future U.S. government restructuring options in the area of civil-military planning at the national level. The bureaucracies and systems of the U.S. government and the EU are different; however, the two entities arguably share enough similarities to warrant a comparison of processes, systems, and structures.