Swedish National Defence College

About: Swedish National Defence College is a education organization based out in Stockholm, Sweden. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Crisis management & Politics. The organization has 218 authors who have published 569 publications receiving 8074 citations.

What is at stake in the information sphere? : Anxieties about malign information influence among ordinary Swedes

Abstract: Scholars, states and organisations have warned that authoritarian regimes and other hostile actors are projecting information to inflict harm upon others. Yet, there is little agreement on the natu ...

Western Denial and Russian Control. How Russia’s National Security Strategy Threatens a Western-Based Approach to Global Security, the Rule of Law and Globalization

Abstract: The Russian National Security Strategy of 2015 aims at achieving autarky from Western influences on global security, the rule of law and global trade Russia aims at attaining this by applying a ho

Revisiting the local turn in peacebuilding – through the emerging urban approach

Abstract: In this article, we revisit the ‘local turn’ debate in the peacebuilding literature, and explore its most recent and promising approach to ‘the local’, focussing on post-war cities and on urban dim...

Putin’s Attempts to Subjugate Georgia: From Sabre-Rattling to the Power of the Purse

Abstract: Since the demise of the USSR, the South Caucasus has been the most unstable part of Russia’s immediate neighbourhood, and Georgia has been the most unstable of the ‘weak states’ in that neighbourhood.1 As a result, ‘hard security’ issues are intrinsically linked with ‘softer’ security issues, all of which tend to be linked to the chase for hydrocarbon resources in the Caspian/Caucasus area.

Global shadow war: a conceptual analysis

Abstract: The US strategic shift from nation-building to what has been labelled “light footprint” has carried with it a number of changes in the practices used when waging war on terrorism. These activities include covert and clandestine action by special operations and paramilitary forces, and others, operating under a shadowy mandate. It is essential to analyse these changes, due to the nature of the actions taken and the global reach and consequences of US foreign policies. The concept of “global shadow war” has been used by scholars and journalists alike to describe the practices associated with the light footprint framework, although the concept is ambiguous, lacks clear conceptual boundaries and is yet to be defined. This article attempts to resolve the problem of ambiguity through a systematic analysis of how and when the concept is used, in the process establishing its conceptual boundaries and definitional qualities. Using a method for concept analysis developed by Giovanni Sartori, the article pro...