Programs
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Transatlantic Coalition Building
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Concept Development & Experimentation
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Programs/
Transatlantic Coalition Building:
The Evolution of U.S. Joint Doctrine & its Impact on U.S.-French Interoperability
Network Centric Operations
Building a Comprehensive Plan for an Ad Doc Coalition: Enabling Crisis Resolution & a Viable Exit Strategy for Multinational Partners
Quadripartie Working Group on Coalition Military Operations
The Evolution of U.S. Joint Doctrine & its Impact on U.S.-French Interoperability
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This is an on-going program.
In March 2010, U.S.-CREST completed a final report for a study entitled "Evolution of U.S. joint doctrine and its consequences for French-American interoperability". This study focused on the evolution of U.S. joint doctrine, resulting from changes in approaches to military operations and changes in how threats are viewed. Three themes were placed at the heart of this study: the notion of "effects" in joint doctrine; stabilization and stability operations; and the treatment of asymmetric threats by the U.S. The study then looked at the repercussions of doctrinal developments in terms of civil-military coordination, command and control, and finally situational awareness and strategic planning. Following an analysis of selected French concepts, some elements of comparison between French and American perspectives were discussed and implications for French-American interoperability were identified.
U.S.-CREST is continuing to work on the topic of U.S. and French joint doctrine, pursuing research on stability operations and irregular warfare in U.S. joint doctrine and providing analysis of the French capstone concept on the employment of armed forces.