Abstract
The aim of this paper is to review NATO’s Defence Education Enhancement Programme (DEEP) and to highlight the challenges and implications of its implementation and to examine the extent to which this initiative contribute to the cooperation in the field of education in the South Caucasus region. The importance of DEEP has been underscored in increasing interoperability between the South Caucasus countries and NATO. The functions of DEEP have been defined, their value for the nations in the South Caucasus have been highlighted. The retrospective analysis has been conducted in order to measure the effectiveness of DEEP in enhancing interoperability with NATO. Current and future perspectives of DEEP have been introduced to enhance the South Caucasus – NATO cooperation. The aim of the paper is to point out the importance of DEEP as a new potential for improving professional military education (PME) and building better integrated forces in the South Caucasus. At the same time, the aim is to identify factors that will lead towards the enhancement of the relations amongst the South Caucasus nations themselves.
Highlights
The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 fundamentally altered the geopolitical dynamics of the South Caucasus as each of the new successor states sought to define their own national interests and policy priorities
Collaborative Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) are interested in the region as a strategically important energy market and a lucrative traffic artery [10]
As the South Caucasus partners look to better understand Western “ways of thinking” and develop their own national security professional, they have turned to NATO allies and other partners for professional military education (PME) support
Summary
The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 fundamentally altered the geopolitical dynamics of the South Caucasus as each of the new successor states sought to define their own national interests and policy priorities. Afterwards the Alliance embarked upon Partnership Planning and Review Process with the aim of promoting the development of forces and capabilities by partners that are best able to cooperate alongside NATO Allies in crisis response operations and other activities to maintain security and stability It provides a structured approach for enhancing interoperability and capabilities of partner forces that could be made available to the Alliance for multinational training, exercises and operations. Their armed forces were founded in the period of chaos resulting from the collapse of the Soviet Union when all three countries were suffering from wars. Comparative analysis, synthesis, inductive and, deductive methods have been used in the paper to come up with conclusive outcomes and recommendations for the countries in the region
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