Table of Contents

Contents
Preface
Figures
Tables
Summary
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Chapter One: Introduction
Research Approach and Structure
PART ONE: COMPLEX CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS
AND THE ROLE OF THE MILITARY
Chapter Two: Characteristics of Complex Contingency
Operations
Chapter Three: Frequency of Conflict and Resource
Incidence of Conflict Worldwide
Unpredictability of Intervention
Drivers of Intervention
Limited Warning Time
Preference for Multilateralism
Chapter Four: Military Tasks in Complex Contingencies
Provide Humanitarian Assistance
Protect Humanitarian Assistance
Assist Refugees and Internally Displaced
Persons
Enforce Peace
Restore Order
Chapter Five: Common Constraints on Operations
Weak Resolve at Home
Balancing Conflict and Reconciliation
Advanced Planning Difficulties
PART TWO: THE RELIEF COMMUNITY AND THE
MILITARY
Chapter Six: Overview of the Relief Community
United Nations Family
Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
Nongovernment Organizations
Categorizing Nongovernment
Organizations
Chapter Seven: Advantages to Better Coordination
with the Relief Community
More Rapid Response
Smoother Airlift
More Timely Identification of Local Needs
Better Exploitation of Expertise
More Efficient Use of Resources
Chapter Eight: Coordination Structures and Their
Limits
Interagency Process
International Coordination
Operational-Level Arrangements
Coordination Structures
Center of Excellence
Chapter Nine: Barriers to Improved Coordination with
ReliefAgencies
Disparate Organizational Cultures
Concerns About Neutrality and
Impartiality
Limited NGO Ability to Plan
Ambivalence About Sharing Information
Competition for Publicity
Varying Time Horizons
Mutual Lack of Familiarity
Limited Coordination Within NGOs
Uncertainty About the Military's
Commitment
Improving Prospects for Cooperation
PART THREE: WORKING WITH EUROPEAN ALLIES
Chapter Ten: Common Constraints on Operations
European Activity and Outlook on
Humanitarian Missions
The Military Dimension
Regional Bases and Experience
Relations with NGOs and NGO Concerns
Transatlantic Synergies in Humanitarian
Contingencies
What Role for NATO?
Some Observations on Kosovo
PART FOUR: IMPLICATIONS AND RECOMMEND
ATIONS
Chapter Eleven: A Strategy to Improve Coordination
Ensure Familiarity: Recommended Actions
Improve Information Sharing:
Recommended Actions
Improve Long-Term Planning:
Recommended Actions
Avoid the Potential Pitfalls of Selective
Engagement
Improve the Coordination of the Relief
Flow: Recommended Actions
Establish Initiatives with Allies
Final Words
Appendix A: U.S. NGOs
Appendix B: Major International NGOs
Appendix C: French Experience and Perspectives