The author tries to explain the conditions in which soldiers of peace support units can de led to misbehave or, even, to commit atrocities. In addition, he provides a few recommendations to counter.

Professionaliteit wordt beschouwd als erg belangrijk binnen Defensie. Dit artikel onderzoekt hoe het met de professionaliteit van officieren, onderofficieren en burgermedewerkers van de landmacht is gesteld. Hoe beoordelen zij elkaar? En uit welke competenties bestaat professionaliteit? Bevordert het …

De Faculteit Militaire Wetenschappen van de Nederlandse Defensie Academie verzorgt vijf bacheloropleidingen. Eén ervan, civiele techniek, is geaccrediteerd. Een tweede, militaire bedrijfswetenschappen, is onlangs gevisiteerd. De commissie gaf aan dat ze met een positief oordeel komt. Wat is de achtergrond van …

In this article the authors focus on the human factor in cyber defence in order to improve the resilience of individual people and organisations. They aim to understand attackers' working methods that most try to manipulate the behaviour of people by exploiting a number of psychological and sociological …

Ad Vogelaar reviews the psychological literature on terrorism. He demonstrates that psychology sheds light on three aspects of terrorism: recruitment, impact, and counterterrorism. On the basis of his literature review, Vogelaar concludes that terrorists act rationally but that emotional motives determine …

Een commandant wordt voor zijn besluitvorming en bevelvoering steeds meer afhankelijk van allerlei mensen om hem heen. Er zijn immers steeds meer aspecten waarmee een commandant rekening moet houden en die tevens op elkaar inwerken. In huidige missies heeft een commandant naast traditionele aspecten …

When the Dutch contributions to the actions in the former Yugoslavia became more permanent, an increasing need arose to draw lessons from experiences gained. Several studies were set up to investigate varying subjects as leadership, family problems and stress. Most of these studies were conducted after …

In this article the authors will explore if, and under what conditions Mission Orientated Command (MOC) can be applied in peace-supporting operations like UNPROFOR. The focus of the study is on the application of MOC within battalions on platoon or group level and is based on interviews with Dutch soldiers-privates, …

In this article the correlation between the problems military personnel encountered during peacekeeping operations and the deficiencies they experienced during their education/training prior to deployment is analyzed. Education and training should be designed in such a way that the kind of problems soldiers …