Abstract: After it had been constituted as a sovereign and democratic state, the Republic of Macedonia decided to build its future as an equal participant in the supranational strategic context "globalisation". But the previous period showed that the Republic of Macedonia is permanently under aggression of the neighbouring countries. The aggressive forces and means are in a dimension from armed violence to the most subtle of the arsenal for "special war".
The aim of these aggressions is in function of realization of great-power strategies.

Key words: strategy, aggression, terrorism, war

Macedonian Crisis Management
Trajan GOCEVSKI
Marina MITREVSKA
Defence Institute – Skopje

Abstract: Crisis, management and managing crises are the notions, which constitute the aspects of analysis presented in this study. The study itself lays down a prime aim of its research, and that is a projection of a functional organisational approach in the building of the crisis management system in the Republic of Macedonia. The projected model of the crisis management system emerges from the intention of the authors to correlate modalities of the internal communication in the sphere of crisis management directed towards establishment of common functional disaster management. In such correlative-analytical approach a respective space is dedicated to the possibilities and needs of the Republic of Macedonia.

Key words: crisis, management, managing crises

Crisis Sports in Europe
Ljupco VRANGELOSKI
Military Academy "General Mihailo Apostolski" – Skopje

Abstract: Crisis areas in Europe are constancy in current European History. Each analysis and attempt to see the security aspects of the European continent should be based on the analysis of the hoisting and possible crisis areas.
This work tries to see European crises areas as a whole. There is an attempt to see the specifics of the so collide old and new crises areas. In the contests of the analyses of the new crises areas the position of Macedonia from the aspect of building a new European security architecture.

Key words: crissis spots, European security architecture

Civil-Military Emergency Planning in South-Eastern Europe
Mende SOLUNCEVSKI
Ministry of Defence

Abstract: Today with developing of the society the accidents, which were caused by natural sources, or with technical-technological character, has become more frequent and the consequences were bigger. The countries are using lots of efforts and activities for dealing them. They usually use all civil and military resources and forces. This kind of accidents mostly go trough the state borders for and that's why for they're salving are formed regional and international bodies, forces, agencies etc. So they try to use all civil and military resources and forces of the countries.
One of these bodies for dealing accidents is the Civil-Military Emergency Planning Council in South-East Europe.
The purpose of this article is the analysis of its role, tasks and structure.

Key words: Emergency, accident of natural cause, technological accident

Partnership for Peace in direction of Defence Reform in the Member States of the PfP
Pance VASILEV, Ministry of Defence
Vanco KENKOV, Defence Institute

Abstract: A few aspects the Partnership for Peace into direction of the Defence Reform are presented in this paper. The Partnership is a dynamic process in which Allies and Partners are in interaction relationship. This process has been developing very fast, both from practical and conceptual aspect. The Allies heave elevated the Partnership to the highest political level with the New Strategic Concept, while Partners have supported fully and have provided significant contribution to the accomplishment of NATO goals. It can be concluded without doubt that the Partnership will continue to follow and support the political agenda because it is an integral part of the Alliance. Also, the Partnership will continue to stimulate debates and to direct agenda within the areas where the exiting specific relationship can be developed further.

Key words: Partnership for Peace (PfP), Membership Action Plan, Planning and review Process, security, defense

NATO Enlargment: Who and Why?
Gabrijela TURIMANDZOVA
Ministry of Defence

Abstract: This paper is result of the 3-month postgraduate research at the Oxford University at the period May-July 2000 under supervision of Prof. PhD Alex Pravda, Professor at the St. Anthony's College. At the focus of this paper are built the basics of NATO Enlargement process as a system of collective security. The question that should be answered is about the role of NATO regarding the major changes in Europe, the fall of the Berlin Wall, collapse of Czechoslovak Republic, Soviet Union and Yugoslavia and building of the new security architecture in Europe. For the East Central European states, joining NATO is now the guiding principle of their foreign and security policies. Knowing that NATO as an institution today has a new role in the world politics, and also knowing that the needs of NATO are growing up together with the maintaining the peace and stability in the Euro-Atlantic region, the main question for discussion is its enlargement. To the East Europeans, NATO represents a desperately needed security shield to protect them from Russian domination – and possibly future German domination as well. The most feasible way to neutralize that threat is to be included in NATO’s policy organs and work to guarantee that the Alliance is transformed into pan-European security forum.

Key words: NATO Enlargement, functioning, Hungary, Czech Republic, Poland, Cold War, Warsaw Pact, stability, collective security system

Structure of the phenomenon of the Civil War
Jordan JORDANOV

Abstract: The article is a part of a broader work on the phenomenon of the civil war - a topical issue - fate and contemporaneity on the Balkans.
An attempt is made to reveal the structure of the civil war as a phenomenon.

Key words: plans, preparations, beginning, management of civil war

Current Issues Concerning Food Supplies for the Armed Forces in a State of War
Sokle KOCOSKI
Military Academy, Skopje

Abstract: The study Current issues concerning food supplies for the armed forces in a state of war deals with food supplies, especially with its quality and quantity these supplies must be able to satisfy the human biological and nutritional needs. Food has to contain enough nutritive elements, such as: proteins, minerals, vitamins, and carbohydrates. There must be a variety of food and it should be given in such a way that it would please the needs and habits of the soldiers, and above all to be appetizing.
Furthermore, the study explains the process of food supply as a part of quartermaster’s duty in the framework of logistics. The latest consigns: planning and programming of food supply and a supply of the basic products. The cooking process, delivery and division of food portions, production of bread, toast and other bakery products, animal slaughtering and rearranging the meat, the control of food quality, are all part of the quartermaster’s duty.
The third part of this study focuses on current issues on supplying the high quantity of food and agricultural products. It also stresses the importance of mutual cooperation between the Army, local self-management and legal institutions.

Key words: food supply, food products, nutritional needs, enough nutritive elements, proteins, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins, quartermaster’s duty, supply, assessment

Technical Supply as a System
Pance LEVKOV
Military Academy "General Mihailo Apostolski" – Skopje

Abstract: The global world's trends show to us that for one future Army more information will be needed to be managed and more to operate worldwide. The future Army must observe in a real time, orient continuously, decide immediately and act in an hour or less.
To answer all these questions we need one powerful scientific approach. That is the systems approach. Systems approach can give the opportunity to grasp all dynamics of battlefield to the soldier. The basic definition of the system approach understands the way. This understanding is based on a paradigm that every organization including the Army forces, are one kind of a system. A system is an integrated composite of people, products, and processes, as applicable that provides a capability to satisfy a stated need or objective.

Key words: system, systems approach, real time

Logistics Bridges
Zoran IVANOVSKI
Military Academy – Skopje

Abstract: The logistic process using fundamental elements of logistics: requirements, procurement, distribution and the basic aspects of command: organization, planning, execution and supervision, forms a bridge between economic system of the nation and the actual operations of the combat forces.
Logistics is: an art, a science, a process. The logistics process is at one and the same time the economic element of our military operations and the military element of our economy.
The objective of a logistic effort is the creation and sustained support of combat forces. This is one of many different definitions of logistics. In order to understood logistics it must be approached and described from various points of view.
Logistics represents a link between war-making capability of the nation, which is frequently called “war potential” and armed forces. War potential is measured by its ability to mobilize and to employ its economic and industrial resources. This industrial mobilization is a massive logistic process.

Key words: logistics, support, supply, war potential, operations

Some Significant Military-Geooraphic Characteristics of the Municipalities in the Western Part of the Republic of Macedonia
Jove TALEVSKI, Military Academy - Skopje
Toni MILESKI, Defence Institute - Skopje

Abstract: This study elaborates on the separately military-geographic geographic characteristics of the population of the municipalities from the western part of the Republic of Macedonia, whose territories partially or completely belong to the border area. The data has been presented and analysed both separately for each populated area, and altogether for each municipality, according to the information from the census in 1961, 1981 and 1994. Although there is information about the population of the Republic of Macedonia, what lacks is a concrete analysis concerning the statistics about the movement and the ethnic structure of the population in the municipalities, according to the existing territorial division. The analyses of the population from different aspects including the military and geographic are very important..
The data on 1961 and 1981 is classified for each municipality on the basis of the populated areas that currently belong to the previously mentioned municipalities, but in the analysed years were parts of other municipalities.

Key words: Population, ethnic and geographic characteristics, municipality, census

Contemporary War
Oliver BAKRESKI
Defence Institute - Skopje

Abstract: Contemporary wars represent comprehensive, intensive and destructive phenomena. All the available human potentials as well as the materially technical resources are employed in them. They are waging in all weather conditions and have no spatial limitations. Through a short historic retrospective, the study firstly elaborates the beginnings of the war as an evil and a phenomenon, which follows the mankind from its existence up to now. Development of the countries as well as civilisations imposes the imperative on certain countries to accomplish superiority and domination over other countries. It brought to intensifying of the manufacture of new types of weapons as a consequence to the technical and technological achievements. In conditions of a contemporary war, it is impossible to control and direct modern technological systems without adequate support of the computer systems. Therefore, one part of the study stresses the revolutionary changes in respect of the war technology as well as the possible physiognomy for some future war, which would be determined by the scientific-technical progress.

Key words: war, technological domination, cyber warfare