Defense planning in the fog of peace: the transatlantic currency conversion conundrum |
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Authors: | Jordan Becker Robert Bell |
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Institution: | 1. U.S. Army and Institute for European Studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussel, Belgiumjordan.becker21@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7144-6403;3. Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Tech and Fletcher School at Tufts university, Atlanta, GA, USA |
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Abstract: | ABSTRACTResource allocation to and within defense budgets is grand strategy. NATO and the EU coordinate defense planning and encourage fair burden-sharing among their members. We analyze the effect of agreed planning processes, namely the “NATO Defense Planning Process (NDPP)” on the conversion of political will to resources and then to capabilities development across the transatlantic security community. In a “fog of peace” featuring diverse threats, and in which allies may disagree on strategic rivals and sources of risk, national and regional political economies shape strategy, not the other way around. |
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Keywords: | NATO defense planning transatlantic security burden sharing strategy political economy |
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