THE PLACE AND ROLE OF MULTINATIONAL LOGISTICS SOLUTIONS IN THE DEPLOYMENT PROCESS.

Addressing the new strategic threats generated by globalization of both economic and geo-political environments, force projection and multinational approaches of conflicts are the way that nations are protecting their values. Corroborating deployment, as a required process for force projection, and multinationality, as a basic feature of modern social activities, the aim of this paper is to highlight the instruments that nations may use nowadays considering both of these two elements. Focused on the capabilities that can be generated by employing different multinational solutions, the subject was approached using literature review as a main research method; furthermore, analyzing cases from the past and projects for the future, we exemplified the aimed concepts and the way they are linked in the deployment process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]