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Small states that participate in coalition warfare find it increasingly difficult to maintain control over their armed forces. With the larger allies, such as the US, the UK and France, dominating military command structures, small states have become tactical providers of sophisticated force and, as such, enjoy little influence over strategy or campaign plans. Tormod Heier argues that NATO's 2011 intervention in Libya illustrates this problem well: smaller states such as Norway were compelled to navigate the differing interests of the UN and NATO while larger allies stretched the UN mandate towards regime change – leading Norway to terminate its mission early.
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