Defence policy
European Conflict Analysis Project (ECAP)
4902_conflict_analysis.pdf — Downloaded 293 timesManaging Defence Capabilities' Development
Tsvetkov_Defence_Capabilities_(in_Bulgarian) — Downloaded 716 timesPandemics and Armed Forces: Which Roles Are Appropriate?
The Military’s Response to Pandemic Disease
The Covid-19 crisis has caused leaders in all affected countries to turn to their armed forces for support in an ever-expanding range of roles. Armed forces are being tasked to provide capabilities that, in many instances, go beyond what they have provided in past crises. It must be expected that these demands will continue to mount even as the current crisis abates, as the pandemic is expected to remain a top national concern for months to come.
19.2.06_clarke_pandemics-armed_forces_roles.pdf — Downloaded 569 timesBalancing Defense and Civil Support Tasks: The Impact of Covid-19 on the Bulgarian Military’s Roles
Introduction
The Bulgarian armed forces, just like the armed forces in many other countries, have three main roles: defense of the sovereignty and the national territory, contribution to international peace and security, and contribution to internal security, particularly in times of crises. In peacetime, the third of these roles is most visible to society. The military contribution during the Covid-19 pandemic makes no exception.
19.2.05_tagarev_covid-bulgaria_military_roles.pdf — Downloaded 681 timesInitial Exploitation of Natural Language Processing Techniques on NATO Strategy and Policies
4713_nlp_nato_strategy_policies.pdf — Downloaded 565 timesBeyond Punishment: Deterrence in the Digital Realm
he Comfortable Laziness of Deterrence Theory
Can anything new and meaningful be said of deterrence? Not necessarily starting from Hermocrates of Syracuse, any analysis of deterrence has at least to notice that deterrence, narrowly understood, refers to a threat of punishment.[1] At the same, it should be noted that a wider reading acknowledges two aspects of deterrence: punishment and denial.
18.1.04_deterrence_cyber.pdf — Downloaded 167 timesDeterrence and Defense at the Eastern Flank of NATO and the EU: Readiness and Interoperability in the Context of Forward Presence
NATO Presence in Eastern Europe after the Changes of 1989 [1]
The elaboration in this article is based on developments of multinational formations in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)/South Eastern Europe (SEE), improving their interoperability and readiness through multinational projects, especially in the area of Communications and Information (C&I), and adequate education and training, including exercises.
18.1.02_deterrence_eastern_flank.pdf — Downloaded 242 timesDeterrence in Eastern Europe in Theory and Practice
18.1.01_driver_deterrence_eastern_europe.pdf — Downloaded 227 timesTheory and Current Practice of Deterrence in International Security
Deterrence has been practiced over the centuries to dissuade an opponent considering a coercive course of action, e.g., an armed attack. The concept became subject of rigorous debates with the advent of the nuclear weapons. By the 1960s, the works by Bernard Brodie,[1] Herman Kahn,[2] Glenn H. Snyder,[3] Thomas C.
18.1.00_deterrence_theory_current_practice.pdf — Downloaded 199 timesBuilding the Capacity of NATO’s Eastern European Members to Fight Hybrid War
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