Operationalizing Protection of Civilians in NATO Operations

IF 0.6 Q3 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Stability-International Journal of Security and Development Pub Date : 2015-11-20 DOI:10.5334/STA.GR

Marla B. Keenan, A. W. Beadle

引用次数: 2

Abstract

Though NATO and other military forces increasingly recognize protection of civilians as a key objective in their operations, implementation remains challenging. To effectively protect, the military force must understand the threats that exist and match capabilities to counter them. The authors strongly believe that military planners need a more formal structure to conceptualize physical protection, and here outline ‘The Protection Ladder’ as a tool for military planners and leaders, to explain the legal obligations and additional operational capabilities necessary for civilian protection. The article offers practical suggestions on how civilian protection can be effectively addressed before, during and after military operations. NATO should develop its protection capabilities, for future mission success depends upon it.

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在北约行动中实施保护平民

尽管北约和其他军事力量日益认识到保护平民是其行动的一个关键目标，但实施起来仍然具有挑战性。为了有效地保护，军队必须了解存在的威胁，并匹配对抗它们的能力。作者强烈认为，军事规划者需要一个更正式的结构来概念化实物保护，并在这里概述了“保护阶梯”作为军事规划者和领导人的工具，以解释法律义务和额外的行动能力必要的平民保护。本文就如何在军事行动之前、期间和之后有效地解决平民保护问题提出了切实可行的建议。北约应该发展它的保护能力，因为未来任务的成功取决于它。

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Stability-International Journal of Security and Development INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS-

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3.40

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审稿时长

11 weeks

期刊介绍： Stability: International Journal of Security & Development is a fundamentally new kind of journal. Open-access, it publishes research quickly and free of charge in order to have a maximal impact upon policy and practice communities. It fills a crucial niche. Despite the allocation of significant policy attention and financial resources to a perceived relationship between development assistance, security and stability, a solid evidence base is still lacking. Research in this area, while growing rapidly, is scattered across journals focused upon broader topics such as international development, international relations and security studies. Accordingly, Stability''s objective is to: Foster an accessible and rigorous evidence base, clearly communicated and widely disseminated, to guide future thinking, policymaking and practice concerning communities and states experiencing widespread violence and conflict. The journal will accept submissions from a wide variety of disciplines, including development studies, international relations, politics, economics, anthropology, sociology, psychology and history, among others. In addition to focusing upon large-scale armed conflict and insurgencies, Stability will address the challenge posed by local and regional violence within ostensibly stable settings such as Mexico, Brazil, Russia, India, Indonesia and elsewhere.