1 Designing the Distribution Network in a Supply Chain Sunil Chopra Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University 2001 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208, U.S.A. Ukraine and the Northern Distribution Network. BACKGROUND: U. S./NATO/International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) troops are currently drawing down their presence in Afghanistan via airlifts and the 3,2. NDN)series of three railway lines, in conjunction with Pakistan Ground Lines of Communication(PAKGLOC) truck routes. Due to political tensions between the U. S. Washington accordingly began to transfer operations to Mihail Kog. Contents About the Author 4 Executive Summary and Recommendations 5 Note on Sources and Methodology 7 Introduction 9 The Role of the Northern Distribution Network in. A southern NDN route, NATO designation “Central Line of Communication” (CLOC), bypasses Russia completely, as it runs through Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, crossing the Caspian via rail ferries to Azerbaijan and Georgia. The CLOC would surge in importance should worsening U. S.- Russian relations lead to a closure of NDN NLOC routes through Russia. The U. S. Over the course of several speeches in 2. U. S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton committed U. S. That means building more rail lines, highways, energy infrastructure .. It means casting aside the outdated trade policies that we all still are living with and adopting new rules for the 2. In a speech in October 2. Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake reiterated that the NDN routes could serve after the U. The Northern Distribution Network itself, and its future prospects, escape definition. There are many different transportation routes stretching across Eurasia. Northern electricity distribution network is shown on the following map. Selection of price plan Where more than one price plan is available, the. The New Silk Road and the Northern Distribution Network: A Golden Road to Central Asian Trade Reform? Northern Distribution Network is within the scope of WikiProject Afghanistan, a project to maintain and expand Afghanistan-related subjects on Wikipedia. S. Over the past five years since it undertook its first shipments, the NDN has risen to critical importance for U. S. State Department, the NDN has the capacity to transport 4,0. On average, 1. 00- 1. For further logistical support of ISAF forces in Afghanistan in May 2. U. S. Army Reserve (USAR) established an Expeditionary Railway Center (ERC) to assist the mission of the U. S. Army’s 7. 57th Transportation Battalion (Railway). In a reciprocal gesture, in 2. Afghan government established the Afghan Railway Authority to coordinate national railway policy. The NDN is playing a crucial role in the U. S. Defense Department has more than 7. US$ 3. 6 billion in Afghanistan that needs to be moved out. Overall, the NATO and ISAF 4. US$ 2. 8 billion in equipment and materiel out of Afghanistan. Each coalition country is responsible for withdrawing its own equipment. Kurt Stein, commander of the 1st Theater Sustainment Command. The most significant potential challenge to ISAF is the increasingly strained relations between Russia and NATO. Should Russia decide to shutter the NLOC, then the southern CLOC railway lines would become the sole remaining railway transit route for ISAF’s retrograde operation. Moscow is very aware of its bargaining power with the NDN; two days after the Crimean annexation, . Mc. Faul replied, “I worry more about disruption in our use of the NDN, which helps to supply our soldiers and civilians in Afghanistan. A key component of the NDN travels through Russia.” On March 1. Putin announced the annexation of Crimea, RAND Corp. NATO has adopted an increasingly aggressive posture towards Russia since its March annexation of Crimea, increasing maritime and air patrols in the Black and Baltic Seas, undertaking military exercises in NATO’s Eastern and Central European member states and opening a NATO liaison office in Tashkent on May 1. Putin. CONCLUSIONS: The Western withdrawal from Afghanistan via the NDN NLOC is hostage to U. S. On July 9 Victoria Nuland, the Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian affairs, told members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, “We are ready to impose more costs – including targeted, sector- specific sanctions – very soon, if Russia does not decisively change course and break its ties with separatists.” Washington is also pressuring France to nullify its 2. US$ 1. 7 billion contract to build two 2. Mistral- class amphibious assault ships for Russia, the first of which is scheduled for delivery in October. If either policy option is implemented, then it would seem more than likely that Moscow would retaliate by using one of its “strongest trumps,” moving against the NDN NLOC routes through Russia, as prophesized by Ambassador Mc. Faul. AUTHOR’S BIO: Dr. Daly is an international correspondent for UPI and Central Asia- Caucasus Institute non- resident Fellow.(Image Attribution: afghanwarnews.
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