Security & Defence Policy of the Federal Republic of Germany - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Security & Defence Policy of the Federal Republic of Germany Brigadier General Gerald Funke FMoD Head of Division Strategic Defence Planning & Concepts Conference of Defence Association Institute, Roundtable, Ottawa 8 Jun 2017

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Plg Agenda 1. Yesterday 2. Today 3. Tomorrow 4. Day after tomorrow 3

Plg Agenda 1 Yesterday 4

Plg Integration into the West and East Pleven Plan 6.5.55 14.5.55 Joining NATO Joining Warsaw Pact 5

Plg Re-Armament of Germany National Federal People‘s Armed Army Forces 6

Plg Cold War together with our allies 7

„The End of History“ Plg Reunification „tear down this wall!“ 8

Plg An Episode: Bundeswehr Training in Canada 9

Plg Troops on German soil 1988 2009 500000 500000 450000 450000 400000 400000 350000 350000 300000 300000 250000 250000 200000 200000 7900 150000 150000 100000 100000 50000 50000 0 0 FRG GDR SU USA GBR BEL CAN NL FRG USA GBR BEL NL ∑ 330.000 ∑ 1.440.000 10

Plg Agenda 2 Today 11

Plg Defence Development Lines over the last 25 Years 1990 2014 12

Plg World in Change • New multi-faceted security challenges • Multipolarity • Power Diffusion • Pressure on western values and stability • Crisis areas at the European periphery with various stakeholders • Globalisation vs. Anti-Globalisation • New nationalism • Urbanisation • Demographic pressure • … 13

Plg NATO‘s Response Strategic Concept 2010 Collective Defence Crisis Management Cooperative Security Declaration of Wales Summit Sep 2014 „We are reaffirming our strong commitment to collective defence and to ensuring security and assurance for all Allies“ 14

Germany‘s Response Plg WHITE PAPER 2016: Our Security Interests  Protecting our citizens, the sovereignty and territorial integrity of our country  Protecting the territorial integrity, the sovereignty and the citizens of our our allies  Maintaining the rules-based international order on the basis of international law  Ensuring prosperity for our citizens through a strong German economy and unimpeded world trade  Encouraging a responsable approach to limited resources and shortages of goods in the world  Strengthening European integration  Consolidating the transatlantic partnership 15

German WHITE PAPER 2016 Plg Our Strategic Priorities  Comprehensive approach to security  Strengthening the cohesion and effectiveness of the North Atlantic Alliance and the European Union  Unhindered use of Lines of Communication and secured access to raw material and energy  Early recognition, prevention and resolution of crises and conflicts  Commitment to a rules-based international order 16

Plg Agenda 3 Tomorrow 17

Plg Conceptual Framework Strategic Priorities strategic political Areas of DEU security policy guidelines Mission Bw Tasks Bw MN Input e. g. NATO Strategic Concept/ Political Guidance (NATO LOA) Differentiation of the range strategic Concept of tasks doctrinal guidelines Quality National LoA Framework for capability profile capacity MN requirements / requests Potential and e.g. NATO Blue Book DEU subtasks MN cooperations Quantity Capability capability requirements Bw Profile planning Attributes CD mission oriented force structure 18

Conceptual Framework Plg - Key Aspects - The „ Capability Profile of the Bundeswehr “ will offer a broad variety of options. All tasks are of equal rank. Basic Alignment + Mission Oriented Additions Multinationality 1 Comprehensive 2 2 Capability Profile 1 3 3 Ops Structures Single Set of Forces Lead Nation/Framework Nation 19

Plg New Challenge: Germany as a Transit Nation VJTF Follow-On Forces Informations Operations Cyber Hybrid 20

Plg DEU Role in NATO and EU NATO European Union • DEU has significant role in fair burden • New EU Global Strategy (Jun 2016) sharing • EU GS Implementation Plan • DEU is major force provider in Europe (Nov 2016) (lead responsibility)  Permanent structured cooperation • More and heavier forces with quicker (PESCO) responsiveness requested through  Coordinated Annual Review on NDPP Defence (CARD)  DEU has accepted all capability • EU Defence Action Plan (EDAP) targets (Nov 2016) • DEU adaptation of national plans in with EU Defence Fund (EDF) order to fulfil NATO targets expected by allies 21

Plg NATO’s Framework Nations Concept (FNC) • “ … the FNC must deliver forces and capabilities which are usable, well equipped, trained and interoperable for sustainable operations ..” (NATO Document PO(2014)0308) • Scope: multinational capability development • Aligned to the Readiness Action Plan (RAP) and NATO Defence Planning Process (NDPP) • Two work strands : FNC Capability Cluster and FNC larger formations • 16 FNC Nations + 4 European Partner Nations (AUT, CHE, FIN, SWE) + European Defence Agency (EDA) • Feeding NATO´s Follow-on-Force pool 22

Plg Agenda 4 Day after tomorrow 23

Aspects of the Future Operating Environment Plg (FOE) Threat in/by info domain Erosion Cyber urbanisation of truth threat multinational energy / resources 360 degree demography conventional FOE comprehensive … hybrid „affordable“ high global form of fragmentation of tech conflicts states 24

Plg There is more than one future ! W W W W plausible Futures Today Past Space of possible Futures 25

Plg Strategic Foresight 2040: Scenarios Security policy stability Strategic Foresight 2040 2040 „Multipolar Competition“ (Scenario 4) today „West vs. East“ (Scenario 5) Crisis factors Resources und climate change, „Multiple Confrontations“ US commitment, (Scenario 6) role/behaviour of China and Russia 26

Future Projects > 2030 Plg Future Combat Air System Main Ground Combat System (FCAS) (MGCS)  System-of-Systems  all air combat capabilities  generation of effects NGWS  demands of FOE  close future capability gaps Tomorrow 2030+ Additional 84 LEOPARD 2 A7(V) Today F C NGWS A S 27

Plg Questions & Remarks 28