TY - CHAP

T1 - Common Courses for Common Purposes:

T2 - Cooperation in Nordic Professional Military Education

AU - Schaub Jr, Gary John

PY - 2014

Y1 - 2014

N2 - The Nordic countries—Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and Finland—have conducted joint training courses for decades and are considering ways to facilitate cooperation in the education of the field-grade officers. How can they overcome barriers to deepen their cooperation in professional military education (PME)? I suggest three alternative paths that increased cooperation in PME at the level of the command and staff course could take: a Nordic Defence College, standardized national command and staff courses, and a core curriculum of common courses for common purposes. I conclude with a discussion of how the Nordic countries can facilitate cooperation between their military education systems to produce more knowledgeable professional officers.

AB - The Nordic countries—Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and Finland—have conducted joint training courses for decades and are considering ways to facilitate cooperation in the education of the field-grade officers. How can they overcome barriers to deepen their cooperation in professional military education (PME)? I suggest three alternative paths that increased cooperation in PME at the level of the command and staff course could take: a Nordic Defence College, standardized national command and staff courses, and a core curriculum of common courses for common purposes. I conclude with a discussion of how the Nordic countries can facilitate cooperation between their military education systems to produce more knowledgeable professional officers.

M3 - Book chapter

T3 - STETE Yearbook: The Finnish Committee for European Security

SP - 73

EP - 80

BT - Perspectives on European Security

A2 - Lepojärvi, Kati

PB - STETE: The Finnish Committee for European Security

CY - Helsinki

ER -