Transcript Diapositiva 1 - AFCEA Europe

INFORMATIONAL EXCHANGE
A National Perspective
Vice Admiral
Ferdinando SANFELICE di MONTEFORTE
Italian Military Representative to the EU and NATO Military Committees
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POST-COLD WAR LANDSCAPE
• End of direct, military confrontation
Asymmetry
Terrorism
• Instability and failing states
• Revanshism and regional power struggles
• Slow emergence of a multi-polar world
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STRUCTURAL CHANGES INTRODUCED
Centralization of responsibilities
• JOINTNESS
Synergy among forces
Expeditionary – Deployable forces
• TRANSFORMATION
Search for technological superiority
• MULTI-NATIONALITY
• MULTI-DISCIPLINARITY
Nobody can act alone
Delivery of lethal force is not the only
response any more
Other things being equal, the greater the distance, the greater (is) the
difficulty of defence and of attack. A.T. MAHAN
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DISAVANTAGES TO OFFSET
• Dilution of service-specific expertise
• Awareness and control of the situation
Stovepiping
• Speed of decision-making processes
• Difficulty of mustering required multi-disciplinary
knowledge
• Flexibility of command structure
execution
• Strategic reach limits
on force levels
effective
the enablers impact
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SOLUTIONS ENVISAGED
• Information Management / Knowledge Management
• Flattening the organisations
• Control of Domains (Sea after Air)
• Horizontal informational exchange (networking)
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WHAT DOES NETWORKING IMPLY
• Availability of knowledge
to planners and decision makers
Historical
Sociologic
Economic
Military
• Dual flow of information (up-downwards, horizontal)
• Information selection
By the user or by the decision-maker?
Risk of witholding vital bits of info
• Exchange of info (bi-lateral or multilateral?)
• Effectiveness of display (human – friendliness)
• Team spirit, beyond usual domains
• Mutual respect of roles and responsibilities
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ITALIAN CHOD’S DIRECTIVE
RATIONALE: The global security dimension and the new type of risks
impose a holistic approach, multi-lateral and interdepartmental in order to allow the integrated and synergistic
development of options, methodologies, capabilities and
assets.
KEY ASPECTS:
• The Defence General Staff as the Italian central knot of a net-centric
architecture, involving other Ministries (especially Foreign Affairs), Allied
Nations, NATO, EU and NGOs;
• Need to muster horizontally all available expertizes, to concentrate human
resources where required;
• Shift from “need to know” towards “need to share”;
• Keep a pro-active attitude
press for high-level decision-making;
• Timeliness must prevail over formality;
• Reduce filtering in some cases (situations – assessments);
• Exploit technological support to the maximum extent;
• Establish working relationships – and connections – with all other
Ministries/Entities/Organizations involved.
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QUESTIONS?
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