CIAO DATE: 11/5/2007

NATO-EU Cooperation in Post-Conflict Reconstruction

Alec Aalto, Christopher Alexander, Mihai Carp, Bernard Carreau, Jean Dufourcq, Karen Guttieri, Zalmai Haquani, Birgitte Juul, Eikka Kosonen, Chris Morffew, Natalino Ronziti, David Yost, Richard Zink

May 2006

NATO Defense College

Abstract

On 3-4 November 2005 the NATO Defense College hosted a seminar, co-sponsored by the Ministry of Defense of Finland, regarding NATO and European Union post-conflict reconstruction operations. The participants included officials from NATO and the EU, as well as experts and officials from NATO, EU, and Partnership for Peace nations. The seminar objectives included:

- promoting more effective EU-NATO teamwork in such operations,
- evaluating the main problems and achievements to date, and
- assessing lessons from operations in Afghanistan in particular.

This volume includes all the papers presented at the seminar. This introduction summarizes the discussion highlights and takes note of additional considerations.

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