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Future Conflicts
Robert Egnell, rector of the Swedish National Defense College, recently [...]
The Need to Read
Introduction “The society that separates its scholars from its warriors [...]
A Special Interest; Culture, War Fighting Theory, and Design
Foto: shutterstock.com Abstract Vice-Admiral Rosenius’ article highlighted an [...]
The seeds of disaster
The defeat of the French army in 1940 came as [...]
Over the Ice
Flexibility is key to success. Photo: Mats Nyström, Försvarsmakten. The [...]
On territorial defence
Resumé Territorial units such as the proposed territorial battalions and [...]
The big U-turn: Current questions about the ”U” in US, UK, EU AND UN
Their Power – our future. Summer reflexions on problematic trends [...]
Engineering a Defence
by Andrew Wallace Abstract Sebastian Merlöv put forward a proposal [...]
When is manoeuvre warfare not manoeuvre warfare?
By Andrew Wallace Foto: Försvarsmakten The Kingdom of Wu was [...]
Training ideas
by Andrew Wallace Författares från andra länder perspektiv på [...]
A Case for the Part Time Defence
Abstract Government decisions, over the last few decades, has left [...]
My Corner of the Universe
by Andrew Wallace When I was a kid, growing up [...]
Extending the New START Treaty – Problems to consider
by Stefan Forss Current mainstream thinking in the West is [...]
Thoughts about U S nuclear policy
by Stefan Forss [1] Former US Secretary of Defense William Perry [...]
Military Mass is Back
By Jyri Raitasalo [1] Mass/ numbers is not an obsolete factor [...]