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Tables of Contents for Mind the Gap
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
ix
John P. White
All Aboard---Assessing the Problem and Its Multi-Tier Solution
Avoiding a Choice Between NATO and the RMA
3
5
What Is Causing the Gap?
8
4
The NATO Experience
12
3
Sketching a Strategy
15
2
A Shared Strategic Outlook---The First Tier
One Alliance, Two Perspectives
17
2
Identifying Common Interests
19
3
Building a New Consensus on Strategic Principles
22
3
Making Progress in Convergence
25
2
Building Compatible Forces for RMA Operations---The Second Tier
Making U.S. and Allied Forces Complementary
27
2
What Does the RMA Mean in Military Terms?
29
2
The Beginning of Divergence
31
2
The RMA as Response
33
3
Roles for Europe
36
2
Obstacles Facing Current European Forces
38
3
Priorities for Improving European Forces
41
1
A NATO RMA Projection Force
42
2
Can the Europeans Meet the Challenge?
44
3
Creating a Translantic System of Systems---The Third Tier
Working Together
47
1
Creating the System of Systems and the ``Grid''
47
4
Current Issues
51
4
Principles for a NATO Grid
55
8
Creating Openness in a NATO Grid
63
2
Creating a Transatlantic RMA Market---The Fourth Tier
Strategy, Technology, and Markets
65
3
The Importance of the Commercial Market
68
2
Improving the Defense Systems Market
70
4
The Information Technology Industry
74
5
Conclusions
The Role of National Governments
79
1
The Role of Military Services
80
2
The Role of NATO
82
1
Principles of Collaboration
83
4
Establishing Practical Forms of Collaboration
87
1
Reiterating the Basics
88
3
About the Authors
91