Transformacija i modernizacija Oružanih snaga Republike Hrvatske u razdoblju od 2000. do 2024. godine

master's thesis

• Title (english): Transformation and Modernisation of Croatian Armed Forces from 2000 to 2024
• Author: Ante Božić
• Mentor: Ružica Jakešević (mentor)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; The Faculty of Political Science; (Department of International Relations and Security Studies); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2018-02-16, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political Science; International Relations and National Security

Abstract

Oružane snage Republike Hrvatske prošle su u proteklih dvadeset godina kroz opsežan proces reformiranja snaga i transformacije istih u vojsku kompatibilnu s NATO-om. Put transformacije prvenstveno je bio motiviran vanjskopolitičkim ciljem Republike Hrvatske da čim prije ostvari punopravno članstvo u Europskoj uniji i NATO-u. Nadalje, Hrvatska vojska je u navedenom razdoblju postala jedna od predvodnica po sudjelovanju njezinih pripadnika u mirovnim misijama diljem svijeta. To je, također, imalo pozitivni učinak na proces transformacije Oružanih snaga, ali i na sliku Hrvatske u međunarodnoj zajednici, činivši to jednim od razloga prijema Hrvatske u Vijeće sigurnosti 2008. godine. Paralelno s transformacijom, trebala je teći i modernizacija OS RH, ali je uslijed gospodarskih poteškoća velika većina programa stopirana, a obrani je rezano i više nego što je bilo potrebno. To je rezultiralo zadovoljavajućom opremljenošću mirovnih snaga, ali i katastrofalnom opremljenošću onih snaga koje štite suverenitet Republike Hrvatske. Stoga je potrebna provedba mnogih kapitalnih modernizacijskih projekata kako bi OS RH bile u stanju izvršavati sve zadaće koje se pred njih stavljaju.

Abstract (english)

Armed forces of Republic of Croatia in the past twenty years underwent trough a vast process of reforming and transforming its forces into an army compatible with NATO. The journey of this transformation was primarily motivated mostly by the foreign policy goal of the Republic of Croatia to realize full membership in the EU and NATO. Furthermore, the Croatian Army, in the given era, became one of the leaders in peacekeeping missions throughout the world. That also had a positive effect on the transformation process, as well as on the overall image of Croatia in the International Community, making that one of the reasons Croatia got accepted into Security Council in 2008. Parallel with this transformation, modernization of the Armed forces of Republic of Croatia should have been conducted. Due to economic difficulties vast majority of the program was stopped and resources in defense were cut more than needed. All of that resulted with unsatisfyingly equipped troops protecting sovereignty of Republic of Croatia. Hence, implementation of numerous capital modernization projects is needed so that the Armed Forces would be capable to accomplish tasks given to them in strategical defense documents and in the Constitution of Republic of Croatia.

• Keywords: Transformacija OS RH; modernizacija OS RH; Oružane snage Republike Hrvatske; mirovne misije OS RH; obrana; nacionalna sigurnost; NATO i Republika Hrvatska
• Keywords (english): Transformation of Croatian Armed Forces; modernization of Croatian Armed Forces; Armed Forces of Republic of Croatia; Croatian Armed Forces in peacekeeping missions; defense; national security; NATO and Republic of Croatia
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:114:367315
• Study programme: Title: Political Science; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra politologije (magistar/magistra politologije)
• Type of resource: Text
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• Created on: 2018-05-22 13:18:52