Against the backdrop of a complex and dynamic security arena, this exploratory Research Paper aims to contribute to a better understanding of the concept of military policing. Military policing is usually defined as the performance of police-related tasks by the military. However, from the very start …

In the tenth issue of last year’s Militaire Spectator, Colonel Han Bouwmeester elaborated on the use of maskirovka and reflexive control prior to and during the planned Russian annexation of Crimea.1 Subsequently, in the twelfth issue, Ruben Tavenier addressed the numerous concepts that have been …

The conclusion of the first part of this article was that, when adhering to the phrase hybrid warfare in order to describe the violent conduct of war, the concept as defined by Frank Hoffman offers the best framework for analysing the Donbas War. This second part elaborates on that conclusion by …

In Empire's Violent End, Thijs Brocades Zaalberg and Bart Luttikhuis, along with expert contributors, present comparative research focused specifically on excessive violence in Indonesia, Algeria, Vietnam, Malaysia, Kenya, and other areas during the wars of decolonization. In the last two decades, there …

Since the start of the 2022 Russia-Ukraine war, the Ukrainian armed forces have -quite unexpectedly- proven to be adept at withstanding the Russian onslaught on their territory. At the time of writing, the Russian armed forces have withdrawn from the Ukrainian capital and are making painfully little …

In oorlog staan de meest wezenlijke vraagstukken voor mens en maatschappij op het spel. Oorlog gaat over vrede en veiligheid; over politiek en principes; over recht en rechtvaardigheid; over tools en technologie; en – ultimo – over leven en dood. Kennis van oorlog is daarom van wezenlijk belang: voor …

Inlichtingen- en veiligheidsdiensten opereren in een complexe omgeving, waarin de ontwikkelingen snel gaan en de fog of war het totale overzicht belemmert. Het is essentieel dat de diensten zich blijven aanpassen, zo ook de MIVD. Complexiteitstheorie is een voor de hand liggend en interessant perspectief …

The war in Ukraine shows that EU member states enjoy a wide margin of appreciation for applying arms exports criteria.

The (political) power of memes has moved beyond virtual images. The distinction between the virtual and ‘real life’ no longer applies, or perhaps was never really there. Their effects (or should we say affects?) are moving through digital infrastructures, policy, regulations and bodies. If memes are …

This publication marks the first results of the Tactical Media Room Ukraine project, launched in February 2022 in Amsterdam after the shocking Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Tactical Media Room is a network of activists, journalists, scholars, and artists linked by the exchange of ideas and …