Table 1.1: The research question
What is the strategic planning
that NATO and EDA implement‘
based on a literature review and the main tool is the critical review (Figure 1.1)
Figure 1.1: Dissertation's interacting factors
Source: Based on information from HOU, Dissertation Handbook, 2015 (Academic Year 2015-2016) and Jonker,
J. & Pennink, B., 2010. The Essence of Research Methodology, Berlin: Springer.
initiatives and co-operations (Laasme, 2010b).
Figure 2.1: NATO and EDA member-states
Source: Based on information from NATO, 2015b. NATO Member Countries, EDA, 2005-2014d. Member states
and Laasme, H. 2010a. NATO Review: NATO and the European Defence Agency-not a Zero-sum Game.
Table 2.1: Strategy formulation process in business and in military
Source: Grattan, R. F., 2002. The Strategy Process: A Military - Business Comparison. New York-Hampshire:
Palgrave Macmillan, p. 260.
Table 2.2: The strategic vision and mission
hard and 4 are soft as it is schematically presented in Figure 2.2.
Figure 2.3: Planning questions
Figure 2.4: Planning the Strategic Management process
Table 2.3: Correspondence between military and business level of plans
decisions must be unanimous (NATO, 2015a).
Figure 3.1: NATO structure and decision-making process
Source: NATO, 2015g. NATO’s Military Committee. Available at www.nato.int/nato_static_fl2014/assets/pdf/
pdf 2015 09/20150923 150923-milcom-brochure-en.pdf
Source: EDA, 2015a. EDA Organization. [Online] Available at: http://www.eda.europa.eu/A boutus/who-we-
are/Organisation Accessed | February 2016].
Figure 4.1: State Power components
Source: Hapione, I., 2010. H Evpadan tyc Auvvac. A8jva: Exgpaon Todtis0d, p. 31.
Table 4.1: NATO External macro-environment analysis
Table 4.2: European external macro-environment analysis
Figure 4.2: Change in global temperature from 1986-2005 till 2081-2100
Source: IPCC, 2014b. Climate Change 2014; Impacts, Adaprtation, and Vulnerability. Part A: Global ance
Sectoral Aspects.. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, p. 10.
Graph 4.1: Total annual anthropogenic GHG emissions (1970-2010)
Source: IPCC, 2014a. Summary for Policymakers: Climate Change 2014 Synthesis Report. p. 5
Graph 4.2: Average land and ocean surface temperature increase
Source: IPCC, 2014a. Summary for Policymakers: Climate Change 2014 Synthesis Report. p. 3.
Table 4.4: NATO’s and EDA’s M-S national debt 2008-2013 (% of GDP)
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Source: Based on data from TheWorldBank. 2016. World Data Bank: World Development Indicators Available at:
http://databank. worldbank. org/data/reports.aspx?source=2&country=&series=GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS&period=#.
Source: NATO, 2015e. NATO funding. Available at: http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_67655.htm?selectec
Locale=en
Table 4.6: EDA’s M-S 2014 financial contribution
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Graph 4.3: Estimated war funding by USA, FY2001-2015 (billion €).
Source: Belasco, A., 2014. The Cost of Iraq, Afghanistan, and Other Global War on Terror Operations Since 9/11,
p. 15.
Graph 4.4:USA 2016 proposed weapon acquisition program
Source: USDoD., 2015. Program Aquisition Cost by Weapon System. United States Department of Defence Fisca
Year 2016 Budget Request.
Graph 4.5: Total NATO and total non-US NATO expenditures (1950-2014)
Source: SIPRI, NATO Milex Data 1949-2014. Available at: http://www.sipri.org/research/armaments/milex/milex_
database.
Graph 4.6 Defence expenditures since 2008 ( billion US $)
Source: Based on data from NATO, 2016c. Defence Expenditures of NATO Countries (2008-2015). Available at:
http://www.nato.int/nato static f12014/assets/pdf/pdf 2016 01/20160129 160128-pr-2016-11-eng.pdf
Graph 4.7: Defence expenditure as % of GDP, 2008-2015
Source: Based on data from NATO, 2016c. Defence Expenditures of NATO Countries (2008-2015). Available at:
http://www.nato.int/nato static f12014/assets/pdf/pdf 2016 01/20160129 160128-pr-2016-11-eng.pdf
Graph 4.8: EDA M-S defence expenditures (2013-2014) (million €
Source: Guzelyte, S. (2015, May). EDA National Defence Data 2013 of the 27 Member States. Available at
http://www.eda.europa.eu/docs/default-source/documents/national-defence-data-2013---27-eda-ms_updated.pdf
Graph 4.9:FRA/GER/ITA/UK expenditures within EDA M-S
Graph 4.10: FRA/GER/ITA/UK versus other EDA M-S defence contribution
Source: Guzelyte, S. (2015, May). EDA National Defence Data 2013 of the 27 Member States. Available at
http://www.eda.europa.eu/docs/default-source/documents/national-defence-data-2013---27-eda-ms updated.pdf
Graph 4.12: EDA M-S & USA defence expenditures 2012-2013 (million €)
Table 5.1: The Defence Planning Committee of NATO
Figure 5.1: NATO Defence Planning Process
Source: Cathro, D., 2012. NATO Defence Planning Process. Available at: https://pfpconsortium.org/system/files
3 NATO+Defence+Planning+Process.pdf
Table 6.2: NATO Smart Defence strategic programmes
Table 6.3: EDA's Pooling and Sharing projects
Air to Air refueling.
Graph 6.2: Defence equipment procurement and R&D, 2012-2013 (million €)
Source: Guzelyte, S. (2015, May). EDA National Defence Data 2013 of the 27 Member States. Available at
http://www.eda.europa.eu/docs/default-source/documents/national-defence-data-20 13---27-eda-ms updated.pdf
Oikonomou E., “The Impact of the Contemporary Economic Environment on the Strategic Planning of NATO and EDA”
Source: Guzelyte, S. (2015, May). EDA National Defence Data 2013 of the 27 Member States. Available at
http://www.eda.europa.eu/docs/default-source/documents/national-defence-data-2013---27-eda-ms updated.pdf
Graph 6.3: % change in defence equipment procurement 2012-2013
Graph 6.4: % change in defence R&D expenditure, 2012-2013
Graph 6.4: % change in defence R&D expenditure, 2012-2013
Source: Guzelyte, S. (2015, May). EDA National Defence Data 2013 of the 27 Member States. Available at
http://www.eda.europa.eu/docs/default-source/documents/national-defence-data-2013---27-eda-ms updated.pdf
Oikonomou E., “The Impact of the Contemporary Economic Environment on the Strategic Planning of NATO and EDA”
Table 6.4:Cost per flight hour of military transport aircrafts
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