Defence Planning in the Fog of Peace: The Transatlantic Currency Conversion Conundrum

34 Pages Posted: 1 Mar 2019

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Jordan Becker

United States Military Academy, Department of Social Science; Free University of Brussels (VUB)-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Institute for European Studies, Students; Chaire ECODEF - IHEDN; Institut de Recherche Stratégique de l’Ecole Militaire (IRSEM - Institute for Strategic Research)

Robert Bell

Georgia Institute of Technology

Date Written: February 11, 2019

Abstract

Resource allocation to and within defense budgets is grand strategy. NATO and the EU coordinate defense planning and encourage fair burden-sharing among their members. We analyse the effect of agreed planning processes, namely the ‘NATO Defence Planning Process (NDPP)’ on the conversion of political will to resources and then to capabilities development across the transatlantic security community, adding to conversations on hierarchy and order in international politics. In a ‘fog of peace’ featuring diverse threats, and in which allies may disagree on strategic rivals and sources of risk, national and regional political economies shape strategy, not the other way around.

Keywords: NATO, EU, Defense Planning, Grand Strategy, Burden Sharing, Transatlantic Security, European Security

JEL Classification: F53, F55, H56, H87

Suggested Citation

Becker, Jordan and Bell, Robert, Defence Planning in the Fog of Peace: The Transatlantic Currency Conversion Conundrum (February 11, 2019). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3332236 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3332236

Jordan Becker (Contact Author)

United States Military Academy, Department of Social Science ( email )

600 Thayer Rd
West Point, NY 10996
United States

Free University of Brussels (VUB)-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Institute for European Studies, Students ( email )

Ixelles
Belgium

Chaire ECODEF - IHEDN ( email )

Institut de Recherche Stratégique de l’Ecole Militaire (IRSEM - Institute for Strategic Research) ( email )

École Militaire - case 38
1, place Joffre
Paris SP 07, 75007
France

Robert Bell

Georgia Institute of Technology ( email )

Atlanta, GA 30332
United States

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