PREPARING STUDENTS IN INSTITUTIONS OF MILITARY EDUCATION

Abstract

At the beginning of this century, the officer's role is to serve his country and the values he believes in. He is also an actor determined to accomplish, together with the soldiers under his command, the mission entrusted to him in order to build a safer and more peaceful world. This framework demands the officer to be in the same time a soldier, citizen, leader, state servant, and promoter of peace. Regarding the relationship between the state of peace and war, we learn from history lessons that nowadays the world's social relationships are complex and unpredictable. However, these relationships are enhanced by the reduction of the available time to decide and act. The technological advances in computer science, mass media and communication represent the main reason for these changes.Keywords: new world order; new risks; multiform crises; the will to self-improve; operational integration.