ABSTRACT
This chapter provides an emerging definition of military peace leadership needed to meet the demands of a world that is hastily moving away from Westphalia, and the stability it once offered to state actors. Military peace leadership includes conflict prevention, assistance to civilian governance, and expanded forms of military–civilian cooperation. The chapter discusses the evolution of military peace leadership, beginning with the establishment of the US Army’s Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute, followed by the concept of Civil–Military Interaction (CMI) advanced by North Atlantic Treaty Organization. As an aspect of modern multi-dimensional operations within the modern battle space, CMI is the process of deconflicting military activities with civilian actors, maintaining a focus on the civil environment. Military peace leadership informed by CMI builds upon the notion of “distributed intelligence” outside of a “centrally controlled hierarchy.” It follows an “iterative adaptive” process, where military peace leaders design and structure institutions that are context driven.
