A study of the NATO counter-insurgency operations in Afghanistan

• Main Authors: Ta-Wen Lai, 賴達文
• Other Authors: Ming-Hsien Wong
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/49119187984707467719

碩士 === 淡江大學 === 國際事務與戰略研究所碩士班 === 104 === The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) which established in 1949 is to keep its members’ security. Before the terrorist attacks in United States on September 11, 2001, the NATO’s operations were all in European region. However after 911 attacks, the NATO was first time according to the article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty. NATO undertaking the command of “International Security Assistance Force” from the United Nation in 2003 and began the first overseas operation in NATO’s history. The main task of NATO in Afghanistan was to reconstruct and keep Afghanistan people’s security. However in 2006 the Taliban began return to Afghanistan, prompt NATO started counter-insurgency operation in 2009. But the members were has different standpoints with counter-insurgency and the war in Afghanistan, which caused different considerations in decision-makings and executions. Therefore, the effectiveness of NATO’s operations in Afghanistan was different with different countries. Since NATO may face the overseas operations again in the future. The war in Afghanistan will be an important challenger after the Cold War. In this thesis the author will focus on the NATO’s decision-makings and operations in Afghanistan.