Edition accomplished with the support of the Training and Doctrine Directorate from the General Staff Authors assume full intellectual responsibility for the articles submitted to the editorial staff, in keeping with Law no. 206, 27.05.2004 Romanian Military Thinking Journal is recognised by the National University Research Council, ranked in the “B+” category and included in the Journal Master List of the Index Copernicus International database Contents Contenu Editorial Editorial Doctrine – Training 7 Doctrine – instruction – Operationalisation – opérationnalisation Colonel Dr Mircea T~NASE Colonel dr. Mircea T~NASE Conceptual Projections Projections conceptuelles Continuous Warfare 11 La guerre continue – Social Confrontation (V) – la confrontation sociale (V) General (r.) Dr Mihail ORZEA}~ Général (ret.) dr. Mihail ORZEA}~ Unrestricted Warfare 24 La guerre sans restriction versus Combination Warfare par rapport à la guerre de combinaison Lieutenant Colonel (AF) Lieutenant-colonel (AA) Alfred VASILESCU Alfred VASILESCU Training and Doctrine Direction Instruction Directorate et Doctrine - Historical and Actional - reperes historiques Milestones - et de l ,,, action - Permanencies 37 Permanences of the Romanian Military Doctrine de la Doctrine militaire roumaine Brigadier General (AF) Général de la flottille aérienne Dr Florian R~PAN dr. Florian R~PAN Colonel (AF) Mihalachi ANGHEL Colonel (AA) Mihalachi ANGHEL 3 Romanian Military Thinking ~ 3/2011 Training and Doctrine Directorate 46 La Direction Instruction et Doctrine – Historical Milestones – repères historiques and Contemporary Redefinitions et redéfinitions actuelles Colonel Olivian ST~NIC~ Colonel Olivian ST~NIC~ The Dynamics of Planning 56 La dynamique de planifier the Education Process le processus éducatif Colonel Dr Nicu BEGANU Colonel dr. Nicu BEGANU Lieutenant Colonel BEng Lieutenant-colonel eng. Daniel B~NIC~ Daniel B~NIC~ Operational Analysis – A Factor 65 L’analyse opérationnelle – un facteur in Support of the Decision-Making d’appui du processus décisionnel Process in the Military Domain au niveau militaire Colonel (AF) Ghi]` MILOIU Colonel (AA) Ghi]` MILOIU Operationalisation 73 L’opérationnalisation des structures of Romanian Armed Forces de l’Armée Roumaine Structures Made Available mises à la disposition de l’OTAN/UE to NATO/EU Colonel Gheorghe CIULACU Colonel Gheorghe CIULACU Evolution of Military Education 81 L’évolution de l’éducation militaire in the Context of the Development dans le contexte du développement of the Knowledge-based Society de la société du savoir Colonel Olivian ST~NIC~ Colonel Olivian ST~NIC~ Colonel Dr Nicu BEGANU Colonel dr. Nicu BEGANU Optimisation of Learning Methods 89 L’optimisation des méthodes of Pupils and Students d’apprendre pour élèves et étudiants in the Military Education de l’enseignement militaire through Real/Fictional Action par l’action réelle/fictive Colonel Dr BEng Gheorghe }UCUNETE Colonel dr. eng. Gheorghe }UCUNETE Lessons Learned 95 Leçons apprises – An Appeal to History and Symbol – un appel à l’historie et un symbole Colonel D`nu] VACARIU Colonel D`nu] VACARIU 4 Contents Romanian Armed Forces 104Le système culturel Cultural System – A “Necessary Evil” de l’Armée Roumaine in the Present and in the Future – un „mal nécessaire“ dans le présent Colonel (AF) Ionel STOICA et l’avenir Colonel (AA) Ionel STOICA Opinions Opinions Role of Knowledge Management 115Le rôle du management in Improving the Performance de la connaissance of Military Logistics pour progresser la performance Colonel (N) BEng Ciprian LUNGU de la logistique militaire Colonel (MN) eng. Ciprian LUNGU Multilateralism at War 125Le multilatéralisme en guerre – Defending “National Caveats” – défendant les „restrictions nationales“ Colonel Daniel PETRESCU Colonel Daniel PETRESCU Exchange of Information 133L’échange de renseignements and SSI-Abwehr Cooperation et la coopération de SSI-Abwehr Dr Tiberiu T~NASE Dr. Tiberiu T~NASE Types of Communication 139Types de communication within the Armed Forces dans l’intérieur des forces armées Dr Ioana Valeria ALEXE Dr. Ioana Valeria ALEXE Reducing the Impact 150La diminution de l’impact of Economic Crises by Inflow des crises économiques of Intelligence par l’apport d’intelligence Valeriu IVAN Valeriu IVAN Geopolitics • Geostrategy Geopolitique • Geostrategie International Security Securite internationale Psychopathology of Terror. 162La psychopathologie du terroir. From Terrorist Profile to Antiterrorist Du profil du terroriste Fighter Selection Management vers le management du selection Dr Nicolae RADU du combattant anti-terroriste Dr. Nicolae RADU 5 Romanian Military Thinking ~ 3/2011 Romania and Western Balkans 168La Roumanie et les Balkans through the Perspective of Economic occidentaux par la vision de la sécurité Security and Cooperation (II) et de la coopération économique (II) Cristina G~LU{C~ Cristina G~LU{C~ International Connexions Connections internationales New Threats: The Cyber-Dimension 173Noveaux défis: la dimension Dr Olaf THEILER cybernetique Dr. Olaf THEILER Multinational Operations 178Les opérations multinationales Antonella REMIA Antonella REMIA Uniforms Are Getting Greener 185Les uniformes se font plus verts David SHUKMAN David SHUKMAN ,,, Pages of Military Pages de l histoire History militaire A Forgotten Gendarme 190Un gendarme oublié – Army Corps General (r.) – le général de corps d’armée (ret.) Constantin (Piki) Z. Vasiliu (II) Constantin (Piki) Z. Vasiliu (II) Lieutenant Colonel Ion L~C~TU{ Lieutenant-colonel Ion L~C~TU{ Editorial Events 198 Evenements editoriaux 6 Doctrine Training Operationalisation ternal peace, the ideal that humankind has never reached, has always fuelled the speeches of politicians willing to promise anything, E even definitive solutions for... peace, yet, it has urged the military men to reflection, caution and that kind of pragmatic, objective attitude that arises from the actual substance of their profession. Acting more concretely and responsibly when the political, economic or humanitarian solutions have proved ineffective in regulating conflict-generating processes and the military intervention has become inevitable, the military men have had to take into account making the latter more effective with the purpose of achieving the desired effects with as reduced as possible human and material losses. The strengthening of the competition for occupying a prominent place in the hierarchy of the current world power, the geostrategic changes, the attempts to increase the influence of certain emerging centres of power that ignore or even deny the principles of the Western democratic system determine the permanent instability of the international security environment, which could be eliminated only through a resolute political, economic and, last but not least, military response. Although the essence of war has not changed, the forms and procedures of the military action, the armed fight included, have evolved depending on the characteristics of this security environment, as well as the forces, means, weapon systems, policies and action strategies. The new strategic situations bring about new requirements and, why not, new mentalities, which require the need for the substantiation of certain new doctrinaire concepts regarding the modern conflict theory, transposed on the current physiognomy of the battlefield. A battlefield whose key features – multidimensionality, transparency, dynamism, discontinuity, multidirectionality, automation and, obviously, digitisation – call for a continuous assessment and modernisation of the courses of action in order to define an appropriate normative framework for these new requirements and mentalities. Romania’s National Security Strategy and the National Strategy of Homeland Defence are the strategic papers that legislate and mandate the Romanian Armed Forces to carry out missions outside the national territory as well, with the purpose of promoting regional and global stability and defending Romania and its allies. The participation 7 Romanian Military Thinking ~ 3/2011 in collective defence operations, in crisis response operations outside NATO’s area of responsibility, in crisis management operations under the aegis of the EU, in peacekeeping operations under UN mandate, as well as in operations carried out within the framework of coalitions of the willing, as stipulated in the current Doctrine of the Romanian Armed Forces, requires the preparation and operationalisation of forces that are compatible and interoperable with the ones of the NATO/EU member and partner states armed forces. This will not be achieved without considering several variables: the changes in the physiognomy of military conflicts and war, the demassification of forces and professionalisation of armed forces, the emergence of new weapon systems, the reduction of the time required for making decisions and the requirements of the transformation process in which the Romanian Armed Forces is engaged. A conceptual and architectural transformation in keeping with the transformation of the Alliance, yet, based on a national doctrine that is adapted to the concrete present and the foreseeable future. The transition from the industrial age to the information age, the changes in the physiognomy and philosophy of waging war, the asymmetrical threats, the revolution in military affairs or, more briefly, the new operational needs of the military body also require the creation of a system of professional training of the military personnel that is flexible, efficient