#1 Introduction: The Problem of “National Caveats” within Multinational Operations

#1 Introduction: The Problem of “National Caveats” within Multinational Operations   – Dr Regeena Kingsley   The difficulty of fighting wars in concert with allies is not a new idea.  Indeed, Winston Churchill once commented that: ‘There is at least one thing worse than fighting with allies –and that is to fight without them’.[1]  In the modern era, however, the difficulty of allied multinational warfare has reached new and unprecedented proportions.  This is especially the case given the maze of bureaucratic red-tape which is increasingly imposed by national governments on armed forces contributed to a military coalition, and which national

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