DIIS ∙ DANISH INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES Unintended impact on the strategy Major Thomas Galasz Nielsen

DIIS ∙ DANISH INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES Tactification of the strategy  Strategy making –NATO in Afghanistan –Strategy failures  Time as a key variable  How to handle tactical successes in the strategy  Tactification…!

ISAF DIIS ∙ DANISH INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES  War on Terror by USA –ISAF –NATO  Several shifts in strategy  Clear end state in 2011  Counterinsurgency as warfare

The ISAF Strategy DIIS ∙ DANISH INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES  Tactical successes as benchmarks  Linear thinking  Predictability  Probability  Short/long term

What to be done DIIS ∙ DANISH INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES  Clear end state  Obtainable objectives  Clear intent  Focus on time not predictability  Trust in the strategy  Reduce alterations