The authors show that in debates between the old schools of Liberals and Idealists and recent offspring within these schools, the main argument concerns the moral responsibility of states and statesmen. Their discussion of Carr reappear among advocates of present-day humanitarian interventions. They …

Broos and Sissing discuss the quagmire of Information Operations. Wheras information is crucial to military effectiveness it is at the same time difficult to retrieve or obtain without infringing ethical bounderies. The authors present the morality line for data collection that ranges from 'torture' …

Article about the socialisation of new recruits at military academies, a topic that has been core business among military behavioural scientists for decades. The authors make a connection with effective leadership behaviour of junior leaders in today's missions. They describe effective leadership as …

The authors focus on the alignment between the task environment in a mission and the military role identity of the servicemen who are deployed. In this regard they distinguish between the warrior role and the peacekeeper role. Today's missions are fuzzy in as far as they are not fully combat oriented …

In using Rawls 'Law of peoples" the author tries to morally justify the internationally acclaimed responsibility. He subsequently answers the question how military force can help to fulfill the 'responsibility to protect'.

"The missions of armed forces are required to be effective. Thus missions are oriented to objectives that help prevent, contain or solve problems. A soldier, for example, who skillfully neutralizes his or her target is not effective when the problem is not prevented, contained or solved. Political, legal …

General view on the political framework of post-modern military operations. Since the American president G.W. Bush in response to the 9/11 attacks proclaimed the war on terror in 2001 the United States consider themselves involved in a worldwide struggle against international terrorism. Given the elusive …

Van Burken and Royakkers address the question 'who is responsible and in what way?' with regard to one of the contemporary developments in an ICT-setting on the battlefield: the battlefield super soldier suit (BSSS). This suit was developed to enhance the survival chance of soldiers on the battlefield. …

In this article the authors raise the question if it is ethically responsible to introduce a western-style police organisation in a traditional society? Can we expect western organisational solutions to be as effective in a tribe-based society as they are in modern western societies?