Een vrouwelijke cadet die make-up draagt of zich buiten diensttijd ‘te vrouwelijk’ kleedt, wordt al snel gezien als onprofessioneel. Competente aspirant-officieren zijn in de informele beeldvorming meer masculien. Masculiene normen zoals fysieke en mentale gehardheid worden door cadetten op dagelijkse …

How to operate in the information environment is subject to intense debate. Identifying and tracing multiple narratives on complex security problems enhances understanding for contemporary military operations. As an illustration, this article discusses ‘narrative net assessments’ of US and al-Qaida …

In de redactionele beschouwing ‘Ik kijk geen nieuws meer’ riep de Militaire Spectator in september op om bijdragen aan te leveren voor een feitelijke en gevalideerde wetenschappelijke analyse van de bijna 20-jarige interventie (2001-2021) in Afghanistan.1 Afgelopen zomer eindigde die in een ogenschijnlijke …

In 2007 voerde de door Nederland geleide Task Force Uruzgan (TFU) een militaire operatie van bataljonsgrootte uit in het Chora-district in de provincie Uruzgan in Afghanistan, om vijandelijke troepen terug te dringen die het district dreigden te overrompelen. Na meerdere dagen van vijandelijkheden was …

In 2017 NATO initiated Enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) in the Baltics to deter Russia. While most studies analyse eFP from the perspective of NATO or the troop contributing countries, this chapter addresses the question how the host nations, i.e. in this contribution Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, perceive …

Since the introduction of India’s cold start and Pakistan’s full spectrum deterrence doctrines, the subcontinental deterrence landscape has been characterised by strong cross-domain dynamics. In extremis, if both states adhere to the threats issued in their doctrines a Pakistan-supported militant attack …

The deterrence of non-state actors is a relatively understudied and not particularly well-understood aspect of deterrence studies. This chapter contributes to the emerging body of knowledge on this matter by coining the idea of localised deterrence. Based on a discussion of counterinsurgency theory it …

This chapter examines the use of deterrence by President Putin of the Russian Federation against potential democratic revolts. It combines insights from the literatures on democratic revolutions and social movements on the one hand and deterrence and coercion on the other. This exploratory research sketches …

Russian disinformation has thus far proven to be unconvincing for most Dutch target audiences. This is the conclusion of the present chapter. Information and disinformation have become effective weapons in international politics. This is part of a development where the weapons and concepts used in deterrence …

Commonly used game and decision theoretic models fail to explain the empirics of deterrence. This has unjustly led many theorists to criticize the (rationality and other) assumptions underpinning of such models. No serious game theorist will contend that his theoretic model will possibly take account …