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Abstract
The speed with which the International Force East Timor (INTERFET) was deployed and the rapidity with which it was able to establish conditions of security in East Timor make this operation an excellent model for future ad-hoc, complex, multinational deployments. In large part, the success of the operation was due to the troop-contributing nations' acceptance of the imperfections inherent in such a disparate force. Operational responsibility was distributed according to the capabilities of the forces assigned to the mission. The need for a robust command-and-control architecture was realized in the strong lead-nation model that INTERFET adopted. Short-notice deployments of 'coalitions of the willing' in the future will benefit from a consideration of the clear, simple and unified command-structure that characterized Operation Stabilize in East Timor.