Revolution in Military Affairs during the post Cold War period. Transformation within NATO

      Аннотация: Is there a Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) underway? If so, what is NATO’s role? I think that the Alliance has a dual position, on the one hand being a beneficiary and on the other hand being a promoter of contemporary RMA. I propose to include the political factor as a fundamental element of this contemporary RMA, as one of the main “engines” of transformation along with the other consecrated factors such as technology, strategy, structure and doctrine. The RMA is a political-military phenomenon in which major political changes give birth to fundamental transformations in the military system; it supposes transformations taking place in the political, technological, doctrinal, structural and operational fields; RMA occurs only when all of these elements are simultaneously found in the revolutionary process of change, transformation and adaptation to the new geopolitical and military context which generated it. I appreciate that the RMA triggered 27 years ago is still active, and has been going on, in post – Cold War period, with variable intensity under American leadership but within NATO context, and has a significant political component, specific to the geopolitical context.

Ключевые слова: collective security, collective defence, cooperative security, smart defence, comprehensive approach, counter insurgency (COIN) operations, counter improvised explosives devices (CIED) operations, open doors policy, strategic concept, dynamic engagement, global sustainment, ballistic missile defence capability, Cyber defence