Atlantica Magazine
Young professionals are often an unheard voice in policy discussions. More often than not, however, it is their insights that we need to break hardwired, outdated ideas about foreign policy and transatlanticism. Atlantica aims to amplify the voices of the young generation of transatlanticists. Our team is committed to publishing your article. Each issue features three articles per month on a theme selected by the Atlantic Forum team, in conjunction with NATO’s Public Diplomacy Division.
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Civil-Military Synergies in Disaster Relief
This article investigates the main characteristics of disaster relief in the broader context of disaster management. Furthermore, it aims to highlight civil-military cooperation in humanitarian assistance by exploring the European Union’s (EU) and NATO’s roles in disaster management. In so doing, the paper examines specific examples related to both the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy and NATO’s Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre (EADRCC) and discusses avenues for enhanced collaboration between the two organisations.
A Brief Discussion on NATO’s Role in Disaster Response
As natural disasters continue to pose a threat to all countries in the NATO domain, this article seeks to explore the Alliance’s current posture in dealing with disaster response. It examines examples from two member nations having already faced recent disaster response requirements nationally—Canada and Spain—and how they approach disaster response on the national level. In doing so, we can then ascertain how the Alliance can seek to move forward in apportioning resources and planning efforts, mostly based on the examples of its member nations, which are already committed to such activities on an internal basis.