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 & European union. The organization has 218 authors who have published 569 publications receiving 8074 citations.

Cancer – An Insurgency of Clones

Abstract: Oncological therapy resembles a military force that eliminates the central power of a country (dominant clone of a cancer) to create a vacuum where insurgents (subclones) thrive and instigate rebellion (relapse). We suggest that military counterinsurgency doctrine can inspire a discussion of cancer that uniquely embraces both cancer cell evolution and tumour microenvironment.

Introduction: exploring the utility of armed force in modern conflict

Abstract: What is the utility of force in modern conflict? This article introduce the overall puzzle of this special issue of Small Wars and Insurgencies. In doing so, it identifies some trends in the development of strategic thought since the end of the cold war. By elaborating on some of the paradoxes of modern military power and the use of force, it also provides a more detailed outline of the articles in this issue.

Aggression as 'Organized Hypocrisy?' – How the War on Terrorism and Hybrid Threats Challenge the Nuremberg Legacy

Abstract: Modern threats to international peace and security from so called, "hybrid threats," such as cyber war, low intensity asymmetric conflict scenarios, global terrorism, etc., which involve a diverse and broad community of affected stakeholders involving both regional and international organisations/structures, also pose further questions for the existing legacy of Nuremberg. The (perhaps unsettling) question arises of whether our present concept of, "war and peace," with its legal pillars of the United Nations Charter’s Articles 2(4), 51, and the notion of the criminality of waging aggressive war based on the, "legacy," of Nuremberg has not become outdated to respond to new threats arising in the 21st century. This article also serves to warn that one should not use the definition of aggression, adopted at the ICC Review Conference in Kampala in 2010, to repeat the most fundamental flaw of Nuremberg: Ex post facto criminalisation of the (unlawful) use of force. A proper understanding of the, "legacy of Nuremberg," and a cautious reading of the text of the ICC definition of aggression provide some markers for purposes of the debate on the impact of new threats to peace and security and the use of force in international law and politics.

Argumentation on the Main Topics: The Trade Deficit and the Challenge to US World Leadership

Abstract: The analytic category of argumentation is demonstrated by whether arguments or argumentation schemes, and their claims containing specific nominations and predications, are being justified or delegitimized. This corresponds to the political discourse theory concept chains of equivalence and difference. The main argumentation on Japan between 1985 and 1995 was that the trade deficit was the origin of the USA’s economic problems. The reasons primarily lie in claims that Japan’s unfairness is cemented in its cultural and societal differences. US economic policies are also criticized, but internal chains of equivalence partly just shift the blame on to the US administration in terms that it is not being ‘tough enough’ on Japan. On China, the main argumentation also centres on the trade deficit being the main cause of US economic problems, and the reasons are also seen in China’s unfairness. Internal differences emerge on the question of the transformative impact of liberal free trade policy on China’s political system, from a liberal theory of history perspective. Those who favour being tough on China criticize liberal trade theories as a fig leaf for US commercial interests that ultimately counter the values they claim to advance.

Hybrid Warfare and Lawfare

Abstract: Hybrid Warfare as a method of war is not new. The change today appears to be that Hybrid Warfare “has the potential to transform the strategic calculations of potential belligerents [it has become] increasingly sophisticated and deadly”. This short paper presents Hybrid Warfare and one of its methods, lawfare. For this, we provide a current, comprehensive definition of hybrid warfare and examine different areas where law has been/is being used as a method of war. This paper focuses on the following areas where lawfare can be applied: the Jus ad bellum, the Jus in bello and finally in International Relations where the Law of Treaties can be exploited.