Coalition operations are central to the work of MIC, which, I remind you, is a think tank at the moment. The organization's major work is a document entitled Coalition Building Guide. It was updated in November 2011.
They think there, but it also includes the most capable nations, the ones found in contact groups in operations like Libya.
It is really not by chance that the council isn't politically institutionalized. It is simply a strategic think tank that provides its thoughts to NATO and the European Union through their member states. It has no political future. It is not a second version of NATO. It remains an institution where people think and their thoughts are spread among the member states and observer institutions, in particular the Allied Command Transformation.