Author: Heidi Reisinger / Political Geography: Asia

Author:: Roger McDermott, Brooke Smith-Windsor, and Heidi Reisinger
Publication Date:: 03-2014
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: NATO Defense College
Abstract:: Russia's behaviour in the Ukrainian crisis has been described by some as giving rise to “the most dangerous situation in East-West relations since the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968.” For one, NATO's recently retired Supreme Allied Commander has called for immediate action in response. This could include, for example, bringing the NATO Response Force – a sea, air, land, special forces capability – to a higher state of alert, and sailing NATO maritime forces into the Black Sea.
Topic:: Security, Defense Policy, and NATO
Political Geography:: Russia, Europe, Ukraine, and Asia

Author:: Heidi Reisinger
Publication Date:: 02-2014
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: NATO Defense College
Abstract:: On 27 January 2014, the NATO Defense College Research Division hosted its Russia Roundtable, where international experts from various research institutions meet senior practitioners from the International Staff and International Military Staff from NATO HQ.
Topic:: Security, Defense Policy, NATO, and Politics
Political Geography:: Russia, Europe, and Asia

Author:: Heidi Reisinger
Publication Date:: 10-2013
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: NATO Defense College
Abstract:: On 31 December 2014, the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, the largest military mission of NATO, will be history. In line with the political decision taken at NATO's Lisbon Summit in 2010, ISAF troops will be leaving. With them will go all their equipment: a range of items, from weapon systems and armored vehicles to chairs, kitchens and fitness centers used by more than 100,000 troops and approximately the same amount of civilian personnel. This is a gigantic project. If one thought getting into Afghanistan was difficult, getting out is a lot harder. It represents the biggest multi-national military logistical challenge in modern history. Millions of tons of material have to be de-militarized, dismantled, handed over, sold, scrapped, recycled, donated to the Afghans and/or third nations, or transferred home. More than 125,000 containers and 80,000 military vehicles have to be disposed of or brought back home to NATO nations and NATO partner countries. If the containers and the vehicles were placed one after the other, end to end, they would form a line as long as the distance from Berlin to Paris.
Topic:: Foreign Policy, NATO, and International Security
Political Geography:: Afghanistan, Europe, Paris, Asia, and Berlin

Author:: Heidi Reisinger
Publication Date:: 06-2012
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: NATO Defense College
Abstract:: NATO's decision to withdraw combat troops from Afghanistan has forced the Alliance to think long and hard about the "how" associated with such a withdrawal. As a result the strategic importance of the five Central Asian states Kazakhstan, Kyrrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, a politically neglected region, mostly seen as a supplier of raw materials and energy, is likely to increase significantly. During the past ten years the ISAF mission has focused its attention on Afghanistan itself. The only neighboring country taken into serious consideration has been Pakistan, as emblematically shown in the US AfPak policy approach. North of Afghanistan, the Central Asian states have been left on the sidelines and their strategic and political role has been underestimated. However, they are now back on the political agenda as an indispensable transit ground.
Topic:: International Relations, Foreign Policy, NATO, and Natural Resources
Political Geography:: Pakistan, Afghanistan, United States, Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Asia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan

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