ALLIED COMMAND

STRUCTURES

IN THE NEW NATO

CONTENTS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

TRANSFORMATION OF THE ALLIANCE
U.S. Support for ESDI
Europeanizing the NATO Command Structure
Actions to Increase NATO Oversight of Alliance Military
Actions by NATO to Empower the WEU
Strengthening the European Deputy SACEUR

AFSOUTH AND COMMAND STRUCTURE REFORM
How AFSOUTH Fits In
ACE Flag Officer Commands by Nation
The Value of Dual Hatting
The NATO Command Structure Review
Evolution of the U.S. and European Positions
The Berlin Communique
Exchange of Presidential Letters
Views of Other European Allies
U.S. Support for NATO's Future

U.S. MILITARY ASSETS IN AFSOUTH
U.S. Naval Assets
U.S. Air Assets
U.S. Ground Assets
U.S. Logistics Assets
C4I: The Bosnia Experience
Counterproliferation and AFSOUTH

THE U.S. ROLE IN AFSOUTH
The U.S. Command Tradition
Greek-Turkish Disputes
Desert Shield/Desert Storm
Initial Operations in the Former Yugoslavia
IFOR/SFOR

POTENTIAL MISSIONS FOR AFSOUTH
The Future of Theater Commands
The Balkans
Turkey
The Persian Gulf
The Middle East Peace Process