Military Exercises: Political Messaging and Strategic Impact

This is a collection of articles, published by the NATO Defense College. Foreword: "NATO’s defence and deterrence posture is the product of our 29 nations’ capabilities, resolve, and messaging. While our forces are mostly developed and owned by the nations, our credibility lies in our collective ability to combine our efforts across different domains: in command and control, capability development, partnerships, sustainment, human capital, and in training and exercises. Exercises are indeed a critically important piece of this equation: they prepare our troops, allow us to experiment new concepts, doctrine, and capabilities, convey a strategic message to potential opponents, and contribute to our lessons learned process..."