1. 1 DISTANT CHALLENGES- NATO’s PRIORITIES 2007 FOR A CHANGING ALLIANCE Bruce Bach Defence Policy and Plans International Staff

2. 2 Outline Operations: ISAF; Balkans; Iraq; Active Endeavor, Sudan Russia Ukraine; Mediterranean Dialogue; ICI; new Partners; Contact Group NRF NATO-EU

3. 3 ISAFISAF Total: 36,679 including 1,339 from 11 NNCNs 26 NATO: BE, BUL, CA, CZ, DE, EST, FR, GE, GR, HU, IT, LAT, LIT, LUX, NL, NO, PL, PO, RO, SK, SN, SP, TU, UK, US 11 Non-NATO: ALB, Australia, AU, AZE, CRO, FIN, FYROM*, IRL, NZ, SWE, SWI Key Issues -Security/Reconstruction -Counter-Narcotics -Insurgent activity * Turkey recognises the Republic of Macedonia with its constitutional name.

4. 4 ISAF Contributions by Nation United States 4,556 Turkey 7 Netherlands 88 Finland 1,314 Switzerland 1,734 Luxemburg 151Estonia 14,356 United Kingdom 9 Lithuania 423Denmark 2 Sweden 185 Latvia 192Czech Republic 339 Spain 37 Italy 150Croatia 32 Slovakia 2,064 Ireland 2,594Canada 699 Slovenia 5 Iceland 79Bulgaria 55 Romania 8 Hungary 292Belgium 750 Portugal 200 Greece 22Azerbaijan 164 Poland 181 Germany 2Austria 1,045 Norway 2,881 FYROM 557Australia 528 New Zealand 37 Countries with 36,679 troops (as of 4 May 07) 1,339 non-NATO 811 France 30Albania 137

5. 5 *TURKEY RECOGNIZES THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA WITH ITS CONSTITUTIONAL NAME Pristina Skopje SarajevoROMANIA BULGARIA FYROM* GREECE ALBANIA SERBIA B-H HUNGARY CROATIA SLOVENIA MONTENEGRO KFOR X XXX EUFOR NHQT X NHQS XTuzla Mostar Bosanska Dubica Travnik NHQ Sarajevo BALKANS Key Issues Kosovo B-H: - Defence Reform - War Criminals - Co-operation with EUFOR

6. 6 KFORKFOR Totals KFOR 15,733 NATO 13,087 NON-NATO 2,646 CONTRIBUTORS 24 NATO: BE, BU, CZ, DA, ES, FR, GE, GR, HU, IT, LA, LI, LU, NO, PL, PO, RO, SK, SN, SP, TU, UK, US 11 NON-NATO: ARG, ARM, AUS, AZE, FIN, GEO, IRL, MOR, SWE, SWI, UKR Key Issues - NATO’s engagement in the Contact Group and Status Settlement negotiations -Sustained NATO-led capability through negotiations and settlement implementation

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8. 8 Response to Terrorism Op ACTIVE ENDEAVOUR TF STROG Suspended until 30 June 07 (Forces 30 days NTM) As of 4 May 2007 ACTIVE ENDEAVOUR 1,657 (GR, IT, NL, PO, SP, TU, UK, US) Key Issues -RUS and UKR participation -MD & ICI countries contributions

9. 9 N ETHIOPIA UGANDA DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO CHAD LIBYA EGYPT ERITREA KENYA Red Sea Sea Juba KHARTOUM Nyala Kassala Damazin Malakal El Obeid Dongola El Fasher Port Sudan Western Darfur Southern Darfur Northern Darfur CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC SAUDI ARABIA NATO Support to AMIS KEY TASKS Coordination of strategic airliftCoordination of strategic airlift Staff Capacity BuildingStaff Capacity Building

10. 10 N ETHIOPIA UGANDA DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO CHAD LIBYA EGYPT ERITREA KENYA Red Sea Sea Juba KHARTOUM Nyala Kassala Damazin Malakal El Obeid Dongola El Fasher Port Sudan Western Darfur Southern Darfur Northern Darfur CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC SAUDI ARABIA NATO Support to AMIS Options Joint Operations Centre Unit pre-deployment certification Unit pre-deployment certification Lessons learned Lessons learned On the Job Capacity Building On the Job Capacity Building

11. 11 COMMITMENT/USABILITY Are Allies overstretched? Political commitment = Boots on the Ground (NOT!) Remedy: Improved usability of forces with the right capabilities for opns beyond national borders Army targets: 40% deployable w/ 8% sustainable

12. 12 NATO – RUSSIA Many NATO-Russia programmes Areas of cooperation include: SAR, counter-terrorism, training/exercising, defense reform, officer retraining Political support vs. Gen Staff Allied support waning/Russian interest?

13. 13 PARTNERSHIPS NATO-UKRAINE PFP- 16 nations in PARP Mediterranean Dialogue and Istanbul Cooperation Initiative Contact Group

14. 14 Partners in 2007 ARM KAZ CHE UZB MDA UKR AZE BLR KGZ RUS TKM TJK PFP PFP/Planning and Review Process AUT FIN SWE IRL EU ALB FYR HRV MAP Mediterranean Dialogue (7 nations) & Istanbul Cooperation Initiative BIH Montenegr o Serbia GEO IPAP

15. 15 NATO RESPONSE FORCE A Joint Force integrating air, land and maritime components Technologically advanced, of limited size, at high readiness Rapidly deployable, stand-alone for up to 30 days Can act as initial entry capability, for full range of missions A catalyst for transformation of capabilities in NATO

16. 16 NATO and the European Union CA, IC, NO, TU, US BEL, BGR CZE, DNK,EST, DEU, GRC, HUN, ITA, LVA, LTU, LUX, NLD, POL, PRT ROU, SVK, SVN, ESP, GBR AUS FIN IRL SWE PARP FR NATO experts supported EU in Headline Task Force NATO/EU Capabilities Group discussing convergence issues More integrated planning/DPQ

17. 17 A FULL PLATE, BUT- Political will and Resources are the key; all linked to long term vision of NATO’s future

18. 18 ADDITIONAL SUPPORTING SLIDES FOLLOW

19. 19 FORCE GOALS 2008 – E 0356 LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY FOR DEPLOYABLE FORCES 1.Improve the English language skills of all personnel planned for employment within Alliance staffs or on operations. In addition to special measures to increase the language proficiency of serving officers and NCOs, integrate adequate language training into the curricula of officer and NCO education establishments and in career development programmes. 2.Ensure that all personnel planned for participation in deployable, multi-nationally manned headquarters have minimum English language skills as follows (listening, speaking, reading, writing in accordance with STANAG 6001): a.Officers: SLP 3-3-3-3. b.NCOs: SLP 3-2-3-2. 3.By 20XX, ensure that all personnel in deployable HRF and NATO Response Force contributions have minimum English language skills as follows: a.Officers: SLP 3-3-3-3. b.Appropriate NCOs, OR-5 and above likely to have frequent contact with personnel from other nations: SLP 3-2-3-2. c.Enlisted personnel planned to operate tactical communications: SLP 2-2-2-1. 4.By 20XX, ensure that all personnel in deployable graduated readiness units have minimum English language skills as follows: a.Officers: SLP 3-3-3-3. b.Appropriate NCOs, OR-5 and above likely to have frequent contact with personnel from other nations: SLP 3-2-3-2. c.Enlisted personnel planned to operate tactical communications: SLP 2-2-2-1. 5.Notwithstanding the above, nations are encouraged to provide basic English language training to all NCOs participating in NATO operations and exercises.

20. 20 MAZAR-E-SHARIF POL-E KHOMRI Faryab Sari Pul Jawzjan Takhar Badakshan Baghlan Balkh Samangan KUNDUZ FEYZABAD Kunduz PRT Mazar-e Sharif 210 PRT Feyzabad 337 MAIMANA PRT Maimana PRT Pol-e Khomri 186 = FSB = PRT 109 PRT Kunduz 387 RAC (N) 62 FSB Mazar-e Sharif 90 RC NORTH

21. 21 = FSB = PRT Farah Herat Ghowr Badghis CHAGHCHARAN FARAH QALEH-YE NOW HERAT PRT Farah PRT Chaghcharan FSB Herat PRT Qaleh-ye Now 121 136 649 120 RAC(W) 47 103 PRT Herat RC WEST

22. 22 Manoeuvre Forces Manoeuvre Forces Manoeuvre Forces Manoeuvre Forces Manoeuvre Forces Manoeuvre Forces Zabul Helmand Nimroz Kandahar Dai Kundi Uruzgan No Offers PRT Kandahar Airfield RC (S) rotational RC X + Denmark Estonia + Australia TOA + 12 months No Offers + US + others No Offers PRT RC SOUTH

23. 23 Manoeuvre Forces Paktika Ghazni Wardak Bamian Khowst Paktia Logar Kabul Parwan Nuristan Kapisa Laghman Kunar Nangarhar No Offers FSB No Offers x RC PRT II No Offers II Panjsher PDST PDST = Provincial Development Support Team (only civilians) PRT PRT effects RC EAST

24. 24 II RC C x KMNB X RC C X August 2006 SEEBRIG PRT 8 month rotations RC C II (-) II (-) …. Wardak Kabul RC CAPITAL

25. 25 ISAF EXPANSION

26. 26 PRIZREN NOVO SELO PEC BONDSTEEL PRISTINA CAMP VILLE MNTF (N) 2985 MNTF (E) 2369 MNTF (C) 1511 1798 OTHER ELEMENTS CS+CSS XXX KFOR MNTF (W) 3014 MNTF (S) 3614 KFOR FORCES AVAILABLE

27. 27 NATO Training Mission - Iraq In–country: mentoring and training at Iraqi Hqs + NDU (NDC, JSC, IMAR. Some 4500 trained since the beginning of the mission in 2004 Out-of-country: some 700 trained in NTEFs and by Nations since 2004. Key Issues -Force Protection -Financing (Trust Fund) -Equipment donations through NTECG (transportation)