on Facebook
on Twitter
on YouTube
Document Information
Carry That Weight
Improving European Strategic Airlift Capabilities
This dissertation addresses the problem of the shortfall between the strategic airlift capabilities which European Union requires if it is to fulfill the ambition to be a credible security actor and the capabilities available to the major European nations individually and collectively. It does so by identifying and describing the key factors that influence decision-making on strategic airlift capabilities, in the context of various policy options for doing so, as well as the barriers to the implementation of the most cost-effective among the various options available. A key assertion of this dissertation is that pooling of resources is the most cost-effective way to address airlift capability shortfalls in a restrictive budgetary environment, but also the most politically challenging to implement. Improving European strategic airlift capabilities has received significant attention in recent years in the context of NATO and the European Union. This research aims at contributing to the debate and should be of interest to policymakers concerned with improving European defense capabilities, as well as to academics and researchers addressing that issue.
Free, downloadable PDF file(s) are available below.
RAND makes an electronic version of this document available for free as a public service.
Use Adobe Acrobat Reader version 7.0 or higher for the best experience.
Contents
Chapter One:
Introduction
Chapter Two:
Background and Key Issues
Chapter Three:
Factors Affecting Strategic Airlift Decision-Making – Methodology
Chapter Four:
Factors Affecting Strategic Airlift Decision-Making – Application
Chapter Five:
Barriers to Achieving Efficient Outcomes – Methodology
Chapter Six:
Barriers to Achieving Efficient Outcomes – Case Analysis
Chapter Seven:
Barriers to Achieving Efficient Outcomes – Application
Chapter Eight:
Conclusions and Policy Implications
Appendix A:
List of Interviews
Appendix B:
Cost Trends of Policy Options for Satisfying a European Strategic Airlift Requirement
Appendix C:
List of Acronyms
This document was submitted as a dissertation in March 2007 in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the doctoral degree in public policy analysis at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. The faculty committee that supervised and approved the dissertation consisted of Stuart Johnson (Chair), Mark Lorell, and Greg Treverton.
This product is part of the Pardee RAND Graduate School (PRGS) dissertation series. PRGS dissertations are produced by graduate fellows of the Pardee RAND Graduate School, the world's leading producer of Ph.D.'s in policy analysis. The dissertation has been supervised, reviewed, and approved by a PRGS faculty committee overseeing the dissertation.
Permission is given to duplicate this electronic document for personal use only, as long as it is unaltered and complete. Copies may not be duplicated for commercial purposes. Unauthorized posting of RAND PDFs to a non-RAND Web site is prohibited. RAND PDFs are protected under copyright law. For information on reprint and linking permissions, please visit the RAND Permissions page.
The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit research organization providing objective analysis and effective solutions that address the challenges facing the public and private sectors around the world. RAND's publications do not necessarily reflect the opinions of its research clients and sponsors.
* RAND research is conducted across divisions, centers, and projects; these organizational components are represented in the "Related RAND Divisions" section above.
Top
RAND® is a registered trademark. Copyright © 1994-2009 RAND Corporation. Last Modified: December 14, 2007 