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HUMAN, TACTICAL OR TECHNICAL: THE
HUMAN , T A CTICAL OR TECHNICAL : THE
NATURE OF MODERN PEACEKEEPERS
NATURE OF MODERN PEACEKEEPERS

SP: IS NATO MISSING AN

OPPORTUNITY?

STABILITY POLICING: IS NATO MISSING threats to human security and cul- The “policing gap” and the ori-
AN OPPORTUNITY? tural property are currently signi- gins of SP
fi cant and likely to become more SP ante litteram was born with the
By Giuseppe De Magistris relevant in the future. This can be deployment of the fi rst Multinatio-
Stefano Bergonzini said also for the “gray zone chal- nal Specialized Unit (MSU) to Bo-
lenges, which are unique defen- snia in August 1998 as part of the
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se-relevant issues sharing three NATO Stabilization Force (SFOR).
common characteristics — hybri- At that time, the Alliance reali-
The North Atlantic Treaty Organi- dity, menace to defense and mi- zed that neither its military might,
zation (NATO) is a politico-military litary convention, and profound nor the local police or the United
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international organization, which and paralyzing risk-confusion” . Nations (UN) civilian police force
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has constantly applied innovation These challenges require inno- were able to respond adequately
and transformation to stay fi t for vative approaches and Stability to the security and policing-related
purpose. This is a fundamental Policing (SP) represents one of needs of the local population. The
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aspect of “the most successful al- NATO’s cutting-edge capabilities, MSU, envisioned, designed and
liance in history because through constituting a fl exible and adapti- led by the Italian Carabinieri with
the decades its members kept the ve tool, overcoming a rigid com- the support of other three Nations 9
commitment to protect and de- bat-only approach and offering , represented the only policing
fend each other and adapted as innovative and scalable responses tool within SFOR’s military instru-
the world around them changed” . by expanding the reach of the mi- ment of power, which was fl exible
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Security challenges such as hybrid litary instrument into the remit of and robust enough to fi ll the law
threats , the crime-war overlap as policing and actively contributing enforcement vacuum in a hostile
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well as terrorism and insurgency to a comprehensive approach. environment [i.e. the capability/
(the so-called irregular activities ),
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