Preparing NATO Officers for Multi-Domain Operations: A Checklist for Future Competencies
Abstract
NATO faces challenges in embracing multi-domain operations (MDO) as the concept that underpins its transformation as a warfighting entity. There is widespread confusion over what the concept means and how it can be operationalised. There is, therefore, a real danger that states – and the Alliance as a whole – will fail to build the underlying competencies that their officers will need, in what is predicted to be the future of war. Thomas Crosbie, Ian Bowers and Holger Lindhardtsen provide a checklist of nine MDO indicators to help to guide the development of officer competencies.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Military Strategy and Technology
Military Technology and Strategies
Military History and Strategy
Publication details
- Journal / source
- The RUSI Journal
- Volume
- 171
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 28–38
- Publication date
- 2 January 2026
- Language
- EN