ABSTRACT
The transformation of warfare in the post-Cold War era fuels conflicts between civ-mil organizations. This chapter identifies the sources of tensions that have arisen between civ-mil organizations in the post-Cold War era. It then offers a typology of civ-mil operations based on the level of threat and the level of domain consensus. But with changes in threat levels in the post-Cold War era, the rules of humanitarian space have been challenged, straining civ-mil relations. When efforts to reaffirm rules are inadequate, as John Kenneth Galbraith would predict, the organizations involved then turn to hierarchy as a mechanism of coordination. The United States Institute of Peace has brought together civ-mil organizations to address informal interorganizational cooperation (IOC) challenges concerning complex emergencies. The chapter concludes by identifying a range of formal and informal IOC mechanisms used in civ-mil operations, each with its own constraints and limitations.
