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Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more
Major General Jonny Lindfors’ latest article, curiously in English, on [...]
Dispersed UAV operations – a possible future path for Sweden
Sweden has a long and proud history of building and [...]
Sudan – The world’s forgotten humanitarian (and political) disaster
While the world struggles with the task of coming to [...]
Preparing for the next war: An analysis of the Swedish army’s needs for transformation
1. Introduction The Swedish army, like many others, finds itself [...]
A hot October in Moldova and Georgia
The month of October promises to be a geopolitically hot [...]
The forgotten I in ISR and the challenges it presents with Unmanned Systems
Drones and ISR (intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) have, since “the [...]
Nothing New Under the Sun
Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) can be seen as an example of [...]
The cruel Gaza gamble and the “Damned elusive” cease-fire deal
Rarely have efforts to arrive at a cease-fire deal in [...]
The Art of Playing Red Queen
Alice looked round her in great surprise. “Why, I do [...]
Unmanned systems in Kursk – Shaping the Battlespace and denying the enemy access
The Ukrainian offensive into Kursk Oblast has taken many by [...]
The Labour Government and UK Defence Policy
The sweeping electoral victory of Sir Keir Starmer’s rejuvenated Labour [...]
The evolution of unmanned systems in Ukraine
Although drones are on everyone's lips, and some think that [...]
The world after Feb 24, 2022: The dilemma of (“successful”) deterrence, Cases of Ukraine and Middle East
Deterrence in the context of contemporary geo-political turbulence, i.e., “successful [...]
Moscow and Swedish NATO Accession
Russia’s geopolitical goals, its overall confrontation with the west, and [...]
Nuclear weapons related research in Finland and Sweden – What do we need?
Finland and Sweden have finally joined the North Atlantic alliance [...]