Comprehensive Approach in zivil-militärischen Einsätzen: (k)ein Mehrwert in Afghanistan?

In: Sicherheit und Frieden: S + F = Security and Peace, Band 30, Heft 2, S. 75-81

Abstract

The international debate on civil-military interaction and coordination efforts in international crisis management has increased substantially since the beginning of the military intervention in Afghanistan in 2001. Only by 2006 had it become clear that lacking "success stories" made international organisations, states and especially military actors ambitious with regard to comprehensive approaches (CA). The basic idea behind CA is to include most of the relevant actors at different levels in a structural manner to improve the impact of external engagement. However, the impact of this new strategy has not yielded sufficient results so far on the ground and appears hard to implement. At least the interaction between civilian, military and local components and the division of tasks can potentially be improved by increasing and improving communication. Instruments to achieve synergy effects from planning to implementation are at an early stage and the "peace dividend" as an added value for the local population is still missing. The political, conceptual and practical obstacles to implement CA are enormous. This article examines various levels of interaction, civil-military interfaces, indicators and the respective outcome derived from the engagement in Afghanistan in order to propose an analysis model for CA. This could contribute to the feasibility of future innovative CA concepts with regard to other conflict scenarios. (S+F/Pll)