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NATO's Operations and Contingency Plans for Stabilizing the Balkans

NSIAD-99-111R Published: Mar 11, 1999. Publicly Released: Mar 11, 1999.
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GAO provided information on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) operations and contingency plans for stabilizing the Balkans, focusing on: (1) current and projected security conditions in the Balkans region, particularly with regard to Bosnia and the Serbia province of Kosovo; and (2) the potential impact of these conditions on: (a) prospects for a drawdown of the NATO-led Stabilization Force (SFOR) in Bosnia; (b) NATO's current operations around Kosovo; and (c) NATO and U.S. plans to deploy air and ground forces for resolving the ongoing conflict in Kosovo, in particular, ground operations planned for a permissive environment--one where all parties to the conflict agree to the presence and mission of NATO-led forces.

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Air warfareCivic actionForeign governmentsGround warfareInternational agreementsInternational cooperationMilitary interventionNATO military forcesReductions in forceRefugeesContingency plans