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'Der Grundgedanke europäischer Integration - dass Europa durch die Zusammenlegung von Ressourcen kosteneffektiver nach innen und wirkungsvoller nach außen handeln kann - hat den militärischen Sektor bisher nur oberflächlich berührt. Angesichts der Gleichzeitigkeit stagnierender oder rückläufiger Verteidigungshaushalte und zunehmender militärischer Engagements wird es für die EU immer dringlicher, neue Formen militärischer Verflechtung zu entwickeln. Die Studie untersucht bisherige Ansätze militärischer (nicht rüstungsindustrieller) Kooperation nach ihren Auswirkungen auf Einsatzfähigkeit in multinationalen Operationen, auf Kosteneinsparungen und auf die europäische militärische/ politische Integration und entwickelt weitergehende Ansätze. Alle gegenwärtigen kooperativen Ansätze verbessern die Einsatzfähigkeit. Selbst die militärisch gewichtigeren EU-Staaten können in der Regel erst durch die Zusammenführung nationaler Beiträge jene Gesamtfähigkeit erreichen, die für anspruchsvolle Operationen erforderlich ist. Integrierte multinationale Strukturen und Fähigkeiten erbringen erst dann nennenswerte Kosteneinsparungen, wenn nationale Strukturen und Fähigkeiten dadurch ersetzt oder reduziert werden. Die Bereitschaft, neue, integrative Ansätze zu verfolgen, die eine höhere Kosten- und Einsatzeffizienz bewirken, gleichzeitig aber auch die rein nationale Entscheidungs- und Handlungsfähigkeit begrenzen, ist zur Zeit bei den europäischen Staaten gering. Daher sind tiefgreifende Maßnahmen auf absehbare Zeit wenig realistisch. Für schrittweises Vorgehen, das an der Peripherie nationaler Souveränität beginnt, besteht eher eine Aussicht auf Realisierung, besonders dann, wenn nicht die EU-25, sondern einzelne Staaten eine stärkere militärische Integration wagen.' (Autorenreferat)

The armed forces as a social agent -- Case study Nigerian army : from colonial to political -- Case study Lebanese armed forces : from powerlessness to integration? -- Case study armies of Bosnia-Herzegovina : a state in transit -- Military integration after civil war : an assessment.

"This book explores why countries undergoing transitions from war to peace decide to integrate armed groups into a statutory security framework, with a focus on the case of South Sudan. In the 1960s, only 10% of peace agreements included some element of political-military accommodation - namely, military integration. From Burundi to Bosnia to Zimbabwe, that number had increased to over 50% by the 2000s. However, relatively little is understood about this dimension of power-sharing often utilized during war-to-peace transitions. Through an examination of the case of South Sudan between 2005 and 2013, this book explores why countries undergoing transitions from war to peace decide to integrate armed groups into a statutory security framework. The book details how integration contributed to short-term stability in South Sudan, allowing the government to overcome wartime factionalism and consolidate political-military power prior to the referendum on self-determination in 2011. It also examines how the integration process in South Sudan was flawed by its open-ended nature and lack of coordination with efforts to right-size the military and transform the broader defense sector, and how this led the military to fragment during periods of heightened political competition. Furthermore, the book explains why integration ultimately failed in South Sudan, and identifies the wider lessons that could be applied to current or future war-to-peace transitions. This book will be of great interest to students of war and conflict studies, peacebuilding, post-conflict reconstruction, African security issues and International Relations in general, as well as to practitioners"--

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Introduction -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- About the Editors and Contributors -- 1 The Military as a Vehicle for Social Integration -- 2 The Military as a Vehicle for Social Integration: The Afro-American Experience as Data -- 3 The Military, Ethnicity, and Integration in Israel Revisited -- 4 Greece and Turkey: The Military and Social Integration -- 5 China: A Deviant Case -- 6 The Military and National Integration in India -- 7 The Military and Social Integration in Ethiopia -- 8 State-Consolidation and Social Integration in Nigeria: The Military's Search for the Elusive -- 9 Conclusions.

Numerous states have passed gender integration legislation permanently admitting women into their military forces. As a result, these states have dramatically increased women's numbers, and improved gender equality by removing a number of restrictions. Why do states abandon their policies of exclusion and promote gender integration in a way that women's military participation becomes an integral part of military force? By examining twenty-four NATO member states, this book argues that civilian policymakers and military leadership no longer surrender to parochial gendered division of the roles,

More than ever German and European armed forces are being integrated into NATO or the EU, or they are being merged into multinational corps. This volume deals with the current developments and legal challenges of military integration as a matter of constitutional, international and, by now, also European law. The prime example of the latter is the vision of a European army, whose historical roots (EDC) and legal options are analysed here. Equally relevant are questions relating to military operations conducted by multinational forces — the role of national parliaments or reservations about national sovereignty, or the issue of responsibility in the eyes of international law. Finally, implementing military integration poses challenges, which this book addresses from the wider institutional perspective of NATO, but also as an everyday experience in the headquarters of a multinational corps.With contributions byFlorian Seiller, Sebastian Graf von Kielmansegg, Roman Schmidt-Radefeldt, Felix Arndt, Chris Gutmann, Jochen Katze, Paulina Starski, Steven Hill, Thomas Blankenburg.