Common Courses for Common Purposes: Cooperation in Nordic Professional Military Education

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  • Gary John Schaub Jr
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.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPerspectives on European Security
EditorsKati Lepojärvi
Number of pages8
Place of PublicationHelsinki
PublisherSTETE: The Finnish Committee for European Security
Publication date2014
Pages73-80
Publication statusPublished - 2014
SeriesSTETE Yearbook: The Finnish Committee for European Security
Volume2013

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