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Lachapelle, David. "Recherche sur la logistique des armées romaines sous le Haut-Empire." Thesis, Paris 4, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015PA040175.
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Les armées romaines républicaines avaient atteint un haut degré d'organisation. Avec l'avènement du Principat, les légions furent établies aux frontières de l'empire, et l'approvisionnement dut se maintenir en période de paix. Cette thèse tente d'expliquer le système logistique des armées romaines sous le Haut-Empire. Pour ce faire, il faut d'abord évaluer les besoins en nourriture, en matériaux et en animaux. Il est également nécessaire de présenter les théories actuellement reçues, et d'expliquer les bases sur lesquelles elles se fondent, afin de comprendre les biais qui auraient pu s'y introduire inconsciemment. Pour la suite, la recherche s'articule autour de deux axes différents, mais complémentaires : d'abord la logistique en période de guerre, puis la fiscalité. La question de la logistique en période de guerre, incluant l'ère républicaine, a été abordée sous trois angles : l'approvisionnement individuel, celui organisé par le général et celui organisé depuis la capitale. La compréhension de ces aspects est primordiale pour évaluer la place qu'occupait chacune des méthodes de ravitaillement dans le tableau de la logistique. Ensuite, elle permet de mettre en évidence les circonstances entourant certaines habitudes, ainsi que les tendances qui se démarquent. La fiscalité, qui n'est trop souvent étudiée qu'en surface par les historiens militaires, est cependant au cœur de la logistique en période de paix. Les réquisitions étaient remboursées par l'argent des impôts, les achats également. La présence d'un impôt en nature pourrait changer la donne. Suit enfin une présentation de l'organisation qui encadrait le service logistique et des infrastructures qu'il employaitThe roman armies of the republican era had reached a high degree of organization. With the coming of the Principate, the legions were sent on the frontiers of the empire, and their supplying had to be maintained during peacetime. This thesis tries to explain the logistical system of the roman armies under the Early Empire. To do so, the needs in food, materials and animals must be assessed. It is equally important to present the theories actually accepted, and to explain the basis on which they stand, in order to understand the biases which may have been introduced unconsciously. For the next part, the research focuses on two very different, yet complementary axes : firstly, the logistics in times of war, and secondly, the tax system. The question of the logistics in times of war, which includes the republican era, has been studied under three angles : individual supplying, supplying organized by the general, and the one organized from the capital. The understanding of these aspects is paramount to assess the importance each of those methods of supplying occupied in the bigger picture of the logistics. It will also allow to underline the circumstances surrounding some habits and the tendencies that emerge. The tax system, which is often studied too briefly by modern military historians, is however at the heart of the logistics in peacetime. Requisitions were reimbursed with tax money, the same is also true for purchases. The presence of a tax in kind could change our understanding of the system. A presentation of the organization that structured the logistics, and the infrastructures it used, follows
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Mitthof, Fritz. "Annona militaris : die Heeresversorgung im spätantiken Ägypten : ein Beitrag zur Verwaltungs- und Heeresgeschichte des Römischen Reiches im 3. bis 6. Jh. n. Chr. /." Firenze : Ed. Gonnelli, 2001. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb388224136.
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Santos, Carlos Vinicius Veneziani dos. "O contexto autoritário em Notas de Manfredo Rangel, repórter, de Sérgio Sant\'Anna." Universidade de São Paulo, 2008. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/8/8149/tde-16102009-145952/.
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O livro de contos Notas de Manfredo Rangel, repórter (a respeito de Kramer), de Sérgio Sant\'Anna, foi publicado em 1973, no período historicamente marcado pela repressão institucionalizada da ditadura militar no Brasil. A leitura da obra indica influência desse contexto histórico, marcado pela opressão e pela violência, na composição e na atmosfera dos contos. A contribuição de filósofos que estudam a arte no mundo contemporâneo, como Theodor Adorno e Walter Benjamin, e cientistas da linguagem, como Mikhail Bakhtin, nos oferece subsídios para refletir sobre essa relação entre a história do período e a estrutura literária de Notas de Manfredo Rangel, repórter. O foco principal das reflexões são as tensões inerentes aos aspectos formais da obra, que guardam analogias e estabelecem possibilidades de mediação com a realidade do período em que o livro foi lançado. A análise dos contos oferece, ainda, no estudo das personagens, reflexões acerca da situação de impotência dos indivíduos diante de sistemas institucionais baseados no uso autoritário do poder, e do processo de fragmentação subjetiva relacionado a essa condição.The book of tales Notas de Manfredo Rangel, repórter (Manfredo Rangels Notes, reporter) (about Kramer), from Sérgio SantAnna, was published in 1973, a period historically marked by the institutionalized repression of the military dictatorship in Brazil. Reading the book, we observe the influence of this historical context marked by the oppression and violence in the tales composition and atmosphere. The contribution of philosophers who study arts in the contemporary world, such as Theodor Adorno and Walter Benjamin, and language scientists, such as Mikhail Bakhtin, offers us subsidies to reflect about the relation between the history of the period and the literary structure of Manfredo Rangels Notes, reporter. The main focus of the reflection are the intrinsic tensions in the formal aspects on the book that keep analogies and establish possibilities of mediation with the reality of the period when the book was launched. The analysis of the tales also offers, for the study of the characters, reflections about the individuals disablement situation before institutional systems based on the subjective fragmentation of the process related to this condition.
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Jujic, Lejla. "Military culture within the U.S military : A perspective from within, focusing on gender and the military brotherhood." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-78203.
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Despite the picture portraying the U.S as a western, democratic and equal country, the U.S military has faced several downfalls when it comes to its female force, especially in relation to sexual assault. This study poses the question of how can western ‘model countries’ such as the U.S, promote democracy when its military institution seem to miss one of the central pillars to a democratic society that is equality. Furthermore, the study seeks to dive further into the military culture of the U.S military in order to understand if women adjust to the military culture or if the military culture adjusts to the influx of women. By examining narratives of male and female soldiers and veterans, who tell their stories online, this research is conducted as a case study, using Pierre Bourdieu’s theory of cultural capital and Judith Butler’s theory of performative gender as an analytical tool in order to recontextualize the findings and gain a further understanding of the military culture from an inside perspective. In conclusion, the study essentially confirms the notion of the military constituting a male centered culture, as well as a crowd oriented culture, which contributes to females adjusting to the culture rather than it adjusting to the influx of women. In addition to this, gender equality is perceived as something applied by actors from the outside when it is convenient or solely talked about with respect to physical capabilities. Ultimately, research in relation to the U.S military needs to include a focus on culture in order for it to change and become gender equal.
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Werner, Elke Anna. "Peter Burke, Augenzeugenschaft; Bilder als historische Quellen / [rezensiert von] Elke Anna Werner." Universität Potsdam, 2004. http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2008/2049/.
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Osbeck, David. "Har Sverige genomgått en Revolutions In Military Affairs?" Thesis, Försvarshögskolan, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-6828.
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The most up-to-date definition of Revolutions in Military Affairs (RMA) is defined by military an-alysts as the role of technology in transforming military affairs. Despite the amount of literature on how RMA impacts great powers the significance of RMA for small states is limited. Is RMA suffi-cient and suitable to define a change in small states security strategies? The purpose of this study is to analyze to what extent RMA can be traced in Swedish strategy implementation after applying Francis Domingo’s theory of small states security strategies. The method used in this essay is a case study that analyses to what extent RMA can be found and proven by using the strategy implementation factors defined in Domingo’s theory. The result of this study shows that only two out of four strategies can prove RMA in Sweden’s implementation of security strategies. The result gives reason for criticism due to Domingo’s the-ory’s inability to trace and prove RMA and its implication in a small state’s security strategies.
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Lönnberg, Linnea. "The Military Profession in Times of Change : Understanding the Capacities for Handling Military Change among Swedish Officers." Thesis, Försvarshögskolan, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-9710.
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With the aim to situate the study of military professionalism and its relationship to change firmly in an empirical analysis, this thesis uses the method of grounded theory to study the elements of military professional mindset that impacts on the professional capacity to understand and handle military change. Theoretically the study situates itself in both the study of military professionalism and the study of military change, and challenges previous literature by stating that there are elements of the military profession that makes it adaptable to change. The results are based on data from interviews with military officers working for the Swedish Armed Forces and the analysis is developed through a multiple-step coding procedure which thoroughly grounds the study in empirics. The study finds that military professionals have a holistic mindset when understanding their own profession in relation to the military organisation and military change. Both rigid and definitive elements, such as hierarchy and loyalty, and less rigid elements, such as flexibility, adaptability and military preparedness, impacts the capacity to handle change and are seen as important elements of the professional mindset.
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Ocaya, Bryan. "Former Enemies, Future Friends : A Comparative Case Study on Rebel Military Integration." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-386561.
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Järvare, Mathias. "Svensk militär luftmakt i framtiden anno 2012." Thesis, Försvarshögskolan, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-2795.
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Uppsatsens resultat visar att det saknas ett entydigt luftmaktsteoretiskt ställningstagande. Istället återfinns en tudelad teoribild, dels den svenska traditionella defensiva luftmaktsteorin, men också den som inriktas mot en västlig modern expeditionär luftmaktsteori. Resultatet stöds av slutsatserna från studien av förmågeutvecklingen, en utveckling som spänner över en bred men traditionell förmågebas. Huruvida ett tudelat teoretiskt ställningstagande och ett i huvudsak traditionellt förmågeutvecklingsprogram, kommer vara effektivt att möta framtidens uppgifter och ekonomiska realiteter återstår att se.The result of this paper can be summarized in that there are different air power theories in the strategic documents. There is mainly a twofold strategy based on a national non-alliance defence concept focusing on cooperation as well as a modern western airpower theory. The paper also shows an airpower development which focuses on traditional capabilities and may in some way lacking the means for facing possible future demands on airpower. However, based on the results, the Swedish airpower will still be a major instrument for political use in the future. In regards to the efficiency of a twofold theory, based on the assumption of increasing defence cost and varied future military tasks, there is no way of saying what the consequence will be, we will just have to wait and see.
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Sigurdh, Lina. "Militarization: A Witch's War Brew? : How military power affects authoritarian regimes' behavior." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-430265.
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The effect of regime type on conflict onset is a well-studied phenomenon, and various studies have found that variance in regime type, and within regime types, affects conflict onset. For instance, militarization in autocracies seems to be linked with increased risk of initiating conflict. However, even in the studies that disaggregate types of autocracies, the categorizations are relatively shallow. This thesis aims to create a definition of military dictatorships which captures their complexity more fully, to determine whether militarization truly does increase the risk of conflict onset. Military dictatorships are here defined as a state that achieves and maintains power through threat or actual use of force, is outwardly or effectively controlled by military officers, and places high value on maintaining a powerful armed force to protect constitutional and territorial integrity. The method used is a logistic regression, where the independent variable is military dictatorship, and the dependent variable is directed dyads. The results show that when a state is a military dictatorship, the log odds of it initiating conflict is 0.73; military dictatorships are indeed more likely to initiate conflict than autocracies in general.
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Nordén, Andreas. "Logistik och strategi : den bortglömda relationen." Thesis, Försvarshögskolan, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-9286.
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Logistics and Strategy- The forgotten relationship. This study is based on the previous research on how the events in Crimea and in Ukraine have forced many countries including Sweden to reformulate and adapt its military strategy to a new strategic game plan. This study intends to investigate whether the events in Crimea and Ukraine 2014 have affected Swedish military strategy and more specifically the logistics dimension of it. The study is based on the assumption that the development of defense and security strategy with focus on the national defense and a military armed attack has led to an increased influence of military logistics theory, originating from the classic military logistic theorists Thorpe (1917) and Eccles (1959), in the development of new military strategies. With a custom designed theoretical framework based on theories of military logistics a qualitative text analysis is carried out of the Swedish normative and alignment documents which forms the basis for the logistics system after the strategic shock. A text analysis which is supplemented with interviews with people who have all been involved in the design of Swedish military strategy in general and its logistics dimension in particular. The result shows a change in how military logistics theory has influenced the normative and alignment documents that form the basis of the military strategy's logistics dimension. The result contributes to show another dimension of how the influence and impact of military theory can have on states military strategic choices in conjunction with revolving and influential events. The constructed theoretical frame of reference with five logistic principles can be used to study other cases, both states and changes associated with other strategic shocks. The result also contributes with a perspective to the ongoing debate about what the consequences will be for the state's ability to achieve the security policy objectives when the design of the military logistics system as a whole is still mainly influenced on the basis of business logistics theories, where financial incentives and profit form the basis.
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Sturesson, Joakim. "Officersprogrammet, ett särintresse." Thesis, Försvarshögskolan, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-9360.
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Försvarsmakten befinner sig i en transformation från ett insatsförsvar till ett invasionsförsvar. Anpassning sker vid Försvarsmaktens samtliga förband och berör all tjänstgörande personal. Denna studie har undersökt hur denna anpassning som stadfästes med försvarsbeslutet 2015 har avspeglat sig på den grundläggande officersutbildningen vid Försvarshögskolans Officersprogram. Studien har sin hemvist i de vetenskapliga fälten Military Innovation och Professional Military Education. Studien har bedrivits som en enfallstudie och har genom Michael Horowitz teorimodell Adoption Capacity Theory genomfört en tematisk analys utifrån tre övergripande teman; diffusion, resurser och organisation. Empirin i undersökningen har inhämtats genom intervjuer, officiella dokument och artiklar. Studiens resultat påvisar att ingen styrning om att anpassa den grundläggande officersutbildningen har utgått från Försvarsmakten. Vidare kan studien påvisa att Försvarsmakten och Försvarshögskolan har brister i det sätt myndigheterna kommunicerar med varandra. Studien uppfattar att det saknas en tydlig metod och en formell policy för hur denna myndighetssamverkan ska genomföras. Vidare kan studien konstatera att viss anpassning av utbildningen har genomförts, detta på initiativ av akademisk och militär personal tjänstgörande vid Officersprogrammet.
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Spitzer, Kerry Anna. "Alone at home: post-9/11 military veterans and American housing and homelessness policy by Kerry Anna Spitzer." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/107083.
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Thesis: Ph. D. in Urban Policy and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, 2016.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
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The social safety net available to veterans is far more robust than for civilians in the United States, however, veterans are still more likely to experience homelessness than their peers. As the number of veterans from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq continues to increase, it is essential that planners consider whether the housing and homelessness policies designed for past generations meet the needs of today's veterans. This is especially true as today's veterans are more likely to be women, are experiencing more deployments, and are frequently coming from communities and families with limited resources. Historically, policy-makers have provided veterans a range of social benefits, including federally subsidized housing. For example, many public housing projects were originally built for WWII veterans. In addition, since the passage of the Servicemen's Bill of Rights of 1944, veterans have had access to Department of Veterans' Affairs (VA) home loans. In more recent decades, the VA has funded several programs for homeless and at-risk veterans. Using the Pioneer Valley of western Massachusetts as a case study, I explore the experiences of post-9/1 1 veterans and the role of housing during the transition from the military to civilian life. Based on data collected through interviews with veterans and service providers, original survey data, observation of meetings, and analysis of administrative data, I outline the ways in which housing choices and policies contribute to the isolation of veterans from civilians in higher education settings, transitional housing, and in community settings. I argue that current housing policies do not address the social and physical isolation that returning veterans experience and, in some instances, these policies increase the isolation experienced by veterans. In addition, to experiencing isolation from the civilian community, many veterans, especially women veterans, experience isolation from the veteran community. Engagement with veteran service organizations and employment in veteran services helps to reduce this isolation and provides a sense of purpose to both male and female veterans. Finally, I argue for a community lens when considering veteran readjustment, as the resources available to veterans is tied to both their geographic location and social networks.
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Lundström, Line. "Protection through Deterrence : A quantitative analysis of the effect of military peacekeeping capabilities on violence against civilians by rebel groups." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-432115.
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Riley, Daniel. "Democracy by Force : The Impact of US Military Intervention on Democracy in Post-Cold War Haiti." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Latinamerikainstitutet, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-173902.
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This paper contributes to the current debate on the democratic impact of US military intervention in the post-Cold War era through a comparative study of two interventions in Haiti in 1994 and 2004. Due to a lack of significant academic work on Haitian democratisation, theory could not be found to sufficiently define Haiti as a political entity. Therefore, the state is defined through the concept of plutocratic democracy; a form of sub-tier democracy. Using this concept, an analytical framework is created to measure the impact of US military intervention in the 1994 and 2004 cases studies. Through a comparison of both cases, it is deduced that US military intervention stunts Haitian democratisation because a large proportion of US political actors support the informal plutocracy in Haiti at the behest of democracy. The claims of this study are supported by an extensive literature review, as well as media sources, official reports and communications from relevant actors.
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Liwång, Hans. "Risk-based ship security analysis – an approach based on civilian and military methods." Licentiate thesis, Försvarshögskolan, Militärtekniska avdelningen (MTA), 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-2835.
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The demands on maritime operations today are increasingly higher in terms of control, efficiency and cost. The margins for accidents and security incidents are therefore decreasing. In the area of ship safety the regulations, guidelines and methods have a history and culture of systematic research, development and implementation. In contrast, international security is highly politicized and therefore not as transparent. The result is that a tradition of ship security is not as well established. The overall aim of this thesis is to propose a method for ship security analysis that increases the overall safety of the crew and the ship. The objective is to develop a method that is systematic in order to ensure that assessment and response are complete and effective, and that the process is documented to provide evidence of decision-making. The method used is probabilistic risk assessment where quantitative analysis is central. The proposed approach is consistent with the requirements of maritime safety work. However, in the work here, the proposed methods are specifically tested for security cases. This is because hazards (without intent) and threats (with intent) evolve in different ways into risk. Therefore, they must be analysed differently in order to capture the causal relationship. The proposed approach consists of three steps: the first step consists of a threat description that documents qualitative and quantitative aspects that together describe how the threat most likely will act in relation to the ship’s vulnerability; the second step uses the threat description to define the system studied as well as the scenarios that collectively describe the harmful consequences; the third step evaluates the risk with tools from probabilistic risk assessment. The overall conclusion is that the proposed method brings the procedure and results of ship security analysis into the open and therefore allows for criticism, improvements and shared risk knowledge, not possible with less structured methods. The results also show that the calculated probabilities agree with available statistics, which indicates that the analysis succeeds in describing the central causal relationships of the scenarios modelled.
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Linder, Olle. "Social Inclusion Causing Conflict : A Comparative Case Study on the role of Military Integration and Nationalism." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-373496.
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Saveleva, Larisa. "Understanding Military Implications of Nuclear Weapons : A Frame Analysis of U.S. and Russian Nuclear Policy Discourses 2017-2020." Thesis, Försvarshögskolan, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-9688.
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The paper discusses how strategic nuclear capabilities possessed by the world’s largest nuclear powers, the United States and Russia, affect how their state leadership makes sense of the role of military force in international politics. Using the theoretical framework of the theory of nuclear revolution (Jervis 1989) and nuclear realism (van Munster & Sylvest 2016), the author parses the ways in which the role of military force is framed in U.S. and Russian nuclear policy discourses in 2017-2020. For this purpose, the method of frame analysis is applied that draws on the writings of Goffman (1986) and van Hulst & Yanow (2016). The paper concludes that both in Russia and the United States, the understanding of nuclear weapons is symbolic. In other words, policymakers agree upon the fact that nuclear war cannot be fought or won. However, while Moscow distinguishes between nuclear and non-nuclear military capabilities as instruments of diplomacy and coercion, the distinction is absent in Washington’s discourse, whereby nuclear weapons are considered but one aspect of state military might. In both states’ discourses, nuclear weapons have a connection to state identity, which is particularly pronounced in the case of Russia. Finally, U.S. policymakers talk about nuclear weapons “from a position of strength”, whereas Russian state leadership appeals to its nuclear capabilities to boost its international influence and reinforce its great power status.Grade: VG
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Forslund, Daniel. "Preventing or redirecting violence : A study on violence against United Nations peacekeeping operations in the presence of other third-party military operatons." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-429186.
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United nations peacekeeping is a contentious issue. What is mostly agreed on though, is thatthe brave men and women around the world risking their lives in peacekeeping missions around the world deserve the best security and protection the international community can offer. However, little research has been focused on the reasons behind violence against peacekeepers. This thesis theorizes that the presence of a third-party military operation that threatens theoperational capabilities of rebel groups has the potential to cause an increase in rebel violenceagainst a United Nations Peacekeeping operation in the same conflict. Through examiningconflict dynamics in the cases of Mali and the Central African Republic utilizing of astructured, focused comparison, the hypothesized relationship and causal explanations wereput to the test. The expectation was that in Mali, the high levels of violence would be explainedby the effectiveness of the French counterinsurgency operation in the country. In the CentralAfrican Republic, the contrary was expected. However, the hypothesis could not be confirmed. Due to some rather large caveats and limitations, the research gap could not be satisfied. Nonetheless, the study creates plenty for avenues of future research, and opportunities to learnfrom the challenges encountered.
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Kopsa, Kaisa. "Gendering Crisis Management : Examining the Role of Gender in the Report of The Parliamentary Committee on Crisis Management." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Malmö högskola, Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-43587.
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The aim of this study is to gain an understanding of how gender is discussed in the context of Finnish crisis management. By utilizing the report of the Parliamentary Committee on Crisis Management as a single case study, the study seeks to examine if and how the report embodies elements of liberal feminism in its discussion on gender. Since this study is based upon liberal feminism, specific coding was applied to identify those parts of the report that discuss gender, with each coding category deriving from liberal feminist philosophy. The findings of this study suggest that the discussion on gender in the context of Finnish crisis management is strongly focused on women and especially, efforts to strengthen the presence of female experts in crisis management operations. By highlighting the need to strengthen equal gender distribution among experts employed to crisis management operations, the report embodies several liberal feminist values, such as achieving gender equality. However, as the report only discusses gender in terms of women and girls, it excludes both men and boys. Based on these findings, this study argues that the way the report embodies liberal feminist thinking is potentially problematic since its discussion on gender does not consider men and women to an equal extent.
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Granath, Frida. "The imitation game : An analysis of Russian and Anglo-Saxon strategic narratives in connection to military intervention abroad." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Medier och kommunikation, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-447566.
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This study focuses on the similarities and differences between Russian and Anglo-Saxon strategic narratives in relation to the interventions in Syria 2015 and Libya 2011. The aim is to investigate the imitation theory further as it has been described by Krastev and Holmes (2019) and if it is possible to claim that the Russian regime has used imitated strategic narratives from the United States and the United Kingdom as a soft power tool in the Syrian intervention. By using narrative analysis, 12 speeches made by Putin, Medvedev, Lavrov, Camron, and Obama have been analyzed in order to find similarities and differences between Anglo-Saxon and Russian strategic narratives in connection to interventions in countries affected by the Arabic Spring. The results show indication of imitation from the Russian side regarding themes such as the United Nations and people’s right to choose their own governanc
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Edman, Rickard. "En teoriutvecklande uppsats om fältarbetens roll vid försvar mot landstigningsoperationer." Thesis, Försvarshögskolan, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-10113.
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Defence against an amphibious assault is an extremely difficult endeavour as is evident by the long line of successful amphibious assaults undertaken throughout history. Field fortifications has to a large extent been present in defences, yet little research has been done on the effects of field fortifications in preventing successful landing operations. Therefore, this thesis examines the specific role of field fortifications in defence against amphibious assaults. The purpose is to combine theories about amphibious operations with concepts of field fortifications to add depth to existing theories as two historical examples are examined. Results show that the existing theories’ notions, especially regarding the devastating effects of indirect fire and pre-bombardment, are not true for the two cases of study. It is furthermore shown that avoiding terrain where the enemy’s defence is focused was of little consequence for whether the assault was successful or not. Of greater importance was the power imbalance of attacker versus defender. Lastly, it is argued that the development of advanced weaponry plausibly levels out the power imbalance as effects of pre-bombardment is more likely to be successful.
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Olin, Max. "Förluster och stridsavstånd vid övningar för SIB." Thesis, Försvarshögskolan, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-9203.
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The significance of urban areas for military operations is increasing due to the proliferation of cities and the amount of people living in them; armed forces must, to a higher degree, fight in these urban areas in the future. This essay highlights that, despite the increasing importance of urban areas for armed forces, there is a lack of developed theory regarding how armed forces fight in urban areas and how tactics, techniques, and procedures result in casualties. Using previous research on urban warfare, this essay posits three hypotheses and applies these on exercises from the Swedish Armed Forces’ training area for military operations in urban terrain. The results show that mortars are responsible for a large number of the casualties incurred during the exercises. When exercises involve vehicles the combat ranges, at which casualties are suffered, are longer in comparison to exercises without vehicles. A small percentage of casualties are suffered in close-quarters combat. Finally, the essay elaborates on the meaning of the results and offer some possible explanations that also are suitable for further research. It concludes that further research is warranted, especially regarding close-quarters combat and the use of hand grenades.
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Lomaeus, Anton. "The Military Utility of Unmanned Aerial Systems for Swedish Tactical Deliveries : A Defence Systems Perspective." Thesis, Försvarshögskolan, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-10246.
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There is a rapid development within the unmanned aerial systems (UAS) technologies and the logistics industry leads the research, motivated by potential future profits when used for last-mile deliveries. The military have used unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) for many decades, but the military usage of UAVs for deliveries is almost unheard of. The main purpose of the study is to theoretically evaluate if existing payload carrying UAVs could increase the Swedish defence-logistics organizations capabilities. This study is delimited to tactical deliveries and UAVs with a maximal takeoff weight of less than 250 kg. This study begins by investigating the Swedish Armed Forces logistical needs and the capabilities of the existing UAVs. It then performs a research overview in the subject to be updated on the latest insights which are complemented by discussions with expertise in the subject. The theory utilized are Systems Science, Systems Engineering and Military Capability which lay ground to the Military Utility concept which is developed to evaluate the value of military systems to support decision-makers when acquiring new complex systems. To evaluate the military logistics performance, Mosh Kress book Operational logistics was used. The research is split into three phases, phase one utilizes the insights from the background research to select UAVs to evaluate and to develop three potential scenarios. In phase two the Military Utility evaluation models are developed for each scenario. Phase three evaluates the concept systems performance for the scenarios. The conclusion is that there is circumstantial Military Utility with UAS within the Swedish logistics organization. The potential exists when used for their strengths such as low response time in hard-to-reach areas, and where there is a desire to remove the operators from danger during the transport. Further there is a potential to save operative costs in terms of man-hours, but UAVs are quite vulnerable to electronic disturbances and the cold and windy Swedish climate. The civil airspace regulation is also a major hinder for UAS effective use as well as their limited payload capacity.Den teknologiska utvecklingen inom obemannade flygande system (UAS) går snabbt framåt. Det är logistikindustrin som leder forskningen motiverade av framtida vinster när tekniken används för sista kilometern-transporter. Militären har använt obemannade flygande fordon (UAV) i flera decennier, men inte för materielleveranser i någon betydande utsträckning. Det huvudsakliga syftet med den här studien är att teoretiskt utvärdera om befintliga transport UAV:er kan öka den svenska försvarslogistiska förmågan. Studien är avgränsad till taktiska leveranser med UAV:er som har en maximal startvikt på 250 kg. Studien börjar med att undersöka de svenska försvarslogistiska behoven samt förmågorna av existerande UAV:er. Den genomför sedan en forskningsöversikt i ämnet för att uppdateras om de senaste insikterna som även kompletteras av diskussioner med experter i ämnet. Teorin som används är Systemteori, Systemteknik och Militär förmåga som lägger grunden för det Militär Nytta-konceptet. Konceptet är utvecklat för att utvärdera värdet av militära system och förse beslutstagare med stöd vid anskaffande av nya komplexa system. För att utvärdera den militära logistikprestandan används Mosh Kress bok Operational Logistics. Genomförandet delas upp i tre faser. I fas ett används insikterna från initiala undersökningen för att välja ut UAV:er att utvärdera samt utvecklas tre potentiella scenarier. I fas två utvecklas Militära Nytta utvärderingsmodellerna för vartdera scenario. I fas tre utvärderas systemkonceptens prestanda i scenarierna. Slutsatsen är att Militär Nytta med UAS finns till varierande grad beroende på omständigheterna. Potentialen för tekniken finns främst när den används för sina styrkor till exempel vid behov av snabba leveranser till svåråtkomliga platser, samt när det finns ett behov att få bort förare från farliga platser. Vidare så finns det potential att spara operativa kostnader genom reducering av man-timmar, men UAV:er är ganska sårbara till elektroniska störningar och det svenska klimatet. Även luftrumsregelverken är ett hinder för effektiv användning samt dess begränsade lastkapacitet.
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Stenström, Emilia. "Vad motiverar, trygghet eller äventyr? : En kvantitativ studie som jämför pliktade och frivilliga rekryter i motiverande drivkrafter och synen på ledarskap." Thesis, Försvarshögskolan, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-8329.
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År 2018 återinfördes pliktsystemet i Sverige vilket innebar att vi till delar lämnade ett professionellt yrkesförsvar som vi hade haft på grund av fredstider. Frivillighetsförsvaret hade haft vissa problem med ”tappet” av människor både under grundutbildningen på grund av möjligheten till avhopp men också efter grundutbildningen. Det bristande intresset att fortsätta sin yrkeskarriär inom Försvarsmakten har uppmärksammat i den tidigare forskningen och med ett pliktförsvar som även har frivilligt sökande rekryter blev jämförandet mellan grupperna basen till problemställningen att det kanske finns en skillnad mellan pliktade och frivilliga rekryter i motivationen till fortsatt karriär inom Försvarsmakten som kan påverkas av befälens ledarskap. Teorierna som används för att jämföra motivation hos frivilliga och pliktade rekryter grundar sig i Fabrizio Battistellis (1997) teori som kartlägger om respondenterna har paleomoderna drivkrafter moderna drivkrafter eller postmoderna drivkrafter. För att jämföra synen på ledarskapet användes teorier av Gerry Larsson som Utvecklande ledarskap, Konventionellt ledarskap och Destruktivt ledarskap. Resultatet mellan de pliktade rekryterna och de frivilligt ansökande rekryterna visade att de motiverades av liknande anledningarna och även hade liknande uppfattningar om ledarskapet. Det fanns få statistiskt signifikanta skillnader, men rekryterna motiverades mest av de självförverkligande drivkrafterna både i början av grundutbildningen och tre månader senare. Resultatet för uppfattandet av ledarskap visade att de mest ansåg att befälet använde sig av ett konventionellt ledarskap. Att rekryterna uppfattade att befälen bedrev ett konventionellt negativt ledarskap borde uppmärksammas då det kan leda till destruktivt ledarskap som i sin tur kan leda till fler avhopp. Konsekvenserna av ett negativt ledarskap har en inverkan både på kort och lång sikt, och enligt tidigare forskning har ledarna ett stort ansvar för möjligheten att påverka rekryterna genom sitt ledarskap.In 2018, the duty system was partly reestablished in Sweden, which meant that we left a professional defense that we had had because of peacetime. The voluntary defense had some problems with the "lost" of people both during the basic education because of the possibility of drop-off but also after the basic education. The fact that volunteers did not have the same interest in a continuing professional career has drawn attention in the previous research and with a duty defense that also has voluntarily seeking recruits, the comparison between the groups was the basis of the problem that perhaps there is a difference between obliged and voluntary recruits in the motivation for continued career in the Armed Forces that can be influenced by the commanders' leadership. The theories used to compare the motivation are based on Fabrizio Battistelli's (1997) theory which maps whether the respondents have paleomodern drivers of modern driving forces or postmodern driving forces. To compare the view of leadership, theories were used by Gerry Larsson as Developing Leadership, Conventional Leadership and Destructive Leadership. The result between the obliged recruits and the volunteer recruits showed that they were motivated by similar reasons and also had similar views on leadership. The similar perceptions resulted in the differences seen in the result being not statistically significant, but the recruits were motivated most by the self-realizing driving forces both at the beginning of the basic education and three months later. The result for the perception of leadership showed that most believed that the command used a conventional leadership. The fact that the recruits perceived that the commanders were conducting a conventional negative leadership should be recognized, as this can lead to destructive leadership which in turn can lead to more departures. The consequences of negative leadership have an impact both in the short and long term, and according to previous research, the leaders have a great responsibility for the possibility of influencing the recruits through their leadership.
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Öqvist, Anders. "Värdering av den militära nyttan hos obemannade markfarkoster som stödjer förband som strider till fots." Thesis, Försvarshögskolan, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-7544.
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Historiskt har soldater till fots burit sin personliga utrustning till fots. Den övriga utrustning som soldaten behövde transporterades ofta i vagnar dragna av olika dragdjur. Då stridstempot och framförallt framryckningshastigheten har ökat, har behovet av att bära med sig all nödvändig utrustning ökat. I takt med att nya system tillförts, har därmed också den burna vikten för den enskilde soldaten ökat. Undersökningen har genomförts som en komparativ studie av olika typer av obemannade markfarkoster, så kallade UGV-system, genom att deras möjligheter och begränsningar har analyserats och jämförts utifrån de krav som ställs av scenariot, och av den militära användaren, vid lösandet av en specifik taktisk uppgift. Kriterierna för jämförelse har med hjälp av konceptet militär nytta, framtaget av Andersson et al (2015), tagits fram ur scenariot. Studien kan konstatera att den militära nyttan med dessa UGV-system är att soldaternas egen rörlighet och uthållighet ökar, samtidigt som den skaderisk som tunga bördor innebär minskar. En soldat som inte är utmattad efter att ha burit tung utrustning har en högre stridsberedskap och agerar med större skärpa. Förbandens operativa rörlighet och uthållighet ökar också och beroende på vilket UGV-system som används återfinns olika grader av militär nytta.Historically, soldiers on foot have carried their personal equipment. Other equipment that the soldier needed was often transported in wagons drawn by different beasts of burden. As the high operational tempo, and above all, forward speed has increased, the need to carry all necessary equipment also has grown. And, as new systems have been added, the load to carry for the individual soldier has thus increased. The survey has been conducted as a comparative study of different types of unmanned ground vehicles, so-called UGV systems, by analyzing their possibilities and limitations based on the requirements of the scenario and also the requirements by the military user in solving a specific tactical task. The criteria for comparison have been developed from the scenario using the concept of military utility, developed by Andersson et al. (2015). The study concludes that the military benefits connected to the UGV systems are that the individual mobility and endurance of the soldiers increases, and that the risk of injuries from carrying heavy loads decreases. A soldier not exhausted from carrying heavy loads has a higher combat preparedness and acts with greater focus. The operational mobility and endurance of the unit also increases and, depending on which UGV systems are used, different degrees of military benefit are to be found.
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Vendel, Daniel. "Sustaining Shadows : A Theory of Special Operations Logistics For Unconventional Warfare." Thesis, Försvarshögskolan, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-10094.
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Smaller states face conventional force strength asymmetry against larger states like Russia and, it is in their interest to find ways to mount an effective and multifaceted resistance. Being able to sustain operations on occupied territory against an occupying force could be one of these ways. These operations can be categorized as part of a state’s special operations capacity and furthermore sub-categorized as unconventional warfare. Military logistical theories are based primarily on logistical supply chains where the force largely has its own geographical control or dominance. However special operations in occupied or enemy controlled territory faces the challenge that the geographical area is controlled or dominated by the enemy, effectively blocking sustainment, the question then becomes: How can sustainment for a military force, operating in enemy controlled territory, be achieved? The aim of this study is therefore to make a contribution to theoretical military logistic literature by conducting a theory developing study. This by deductively developing a tentative theoretical framework from existing theories of conventional military logistics combined with special operations theory. The framework is then tested in a qualitative multiple historical case study by using the cases as a testing ground for the theory. The study concludes that the logistical options (methods) needed to sustain the unconventional force are determined by taking into account operational environmental factors such as geography, climate and enemy actions in order to achieve physical access and concealment for supplies. Together access, concealment and planned combat events influence the choice of logistical option or combination of options and as result a build-up time of supply levels is needed before sufficient sustainment is reached. Furthermore, this build-up time is always present no matter if the unconventional operation is planned or not. But, an advantage in force availability and execution exists when planning and preparing campaigns.
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Olsén, Thomas. "Är doktrindilemmat verkligen ett dilemma?" Thesis, Försvarshögskolan, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-6827.
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According to the doctrinal dilemma, the construction of military doctrines is challenging. Either the doctrines become too explicit and specific or they become too abstract for the target groups, both of which have negative consequences. The purpose of this study is to examine to what extent the dilemma exists and how it is taken into consideration in the doctrinal development process. In order to analyse the dilemma, two Swedish doctrines have been reviewed and their authors interviewed. The results indicates that the doctrinal dilemma has had a central role in the doctrinal development process of both doctrines. The authors have handled the dilemma through constructing abstract rather than specific doctrines. The study also reveals that it is necessary that doctrines are consistently formulated and that the users are acquainted with the style of the doctrine. The dissertation contributes with an increased understanding of the dilemma, facilitating the construction of doctrines and enabling that they can serve as force multipliers.
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Wannehag, Jim. "Nytt luftvärnssystem för Sverige : Patriot eller Aster SAMP/T?" Thesis, Försvarshögskolan, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-6787.
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Till följd av Försvarsmaktens tidigare inriktning mot insatsförsvar och den strategiska time-out som präglade början av 2000-talet förfogar luftvärnet idag över luftvärnssystem som är flera decennier gamla. Systemen är inte dimensionerade för att möta dagens högteknologiska motståndare och regeringen har därför beslutat att en ersättare till Robotsystem 97 skall vara på plats senast 2020. Valet står mellan Patriot och Aster SAMP/T, syftet med detta arbete är därför att undersöka och bedöma den militära effektiviteten för respektive luftvärnssystem. Undersökningen baseras på en komparativ analys där luftvärnssystemen jämförs utifrån ett scenario med tillhörande händelseförlopp och kravställningar. Slutligen sammanställs och presenteras resultatet i en multimålmodell för att på ett kvantitativt sätt kunna mäta skillnaderna mellan systemen. Resultatet visar på att Aster SAMP/T har störst potential att vara effektivt i en given kontext men att Patriot också uppfyller de krav som ställs nästintill utan begränsning. Då jämförelsen grundar sig på ett begränsat scenario med specifika förutsättningar är det viktigt att ha i beaktande att resultatet endast har validitet mot det scenario och kravställningar som luftvärnssystemen jämförts utifrån.As a result of the Swedish Armed Forces previous focus on international operations and strategic timeout in the beginning of the 21st century, the air defense today has surface-to-air missile systems that are several decades old. The systems are not designed to handle today’s high-tech opponent and the government has therefore decided that a replacement for MIM-23 HAWK must be in place by 2020. The choice stands between Patriot and Aster SAMP/T, the purpose of this paper is therefore to investigate and assess the military effectiveness of each surface-to-air missile system. The survey is based on a comparative analysis where the systems are compared to each other in a scenario which includes several events and requirements. Finally, the results are compiled and presented in a multi-goal-model to quantitatively measure the differences between the systems. The result shows that Aster SAMP/T has the greatest potential of being effective in a given context, but that Patriot also meets the requirements almost without any limitations. As the comparison is based on a particularly limited scenario with very specified conditions, it is important to take into account that the result is valid only against the scenario and requirements from which the systems are compared.
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Hasslöf, Victor. "CONSCRIPTION WITH CONSEQUENCES? Exploring the Effects of Military Personnel Supply Method Choice on Civil War Onset." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-431926.
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Positing that the characteristics of a state’s military has an effect on civil war outbreak likelihood, this thesis examines a hitherto unexplored relationship —that between military personnel supply method and civil war onset. Based on earlier research on the two phenomena separate from each other, a theory linking conscription to an increased probability of civil war onset compared to voluntary service was developed and an hypothesis derived. A test was then performed by means of several large-n multivariate logistic regression analyses on two sets of country-year level data from 1945 – 1999. Ultimately, the null hypothesis could not be rejected. Results instead indicate that voluntary service might result in a higher probability of civil war onset. This finding is however not statistically significant at the standard level. These findings are of importance for the shaping of military policy, especially in at-risk-of-civil-war countries, and it is strongly suggested that the examined relationship be further investigated in future research.
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Leckström, Kristin. "Maximising defence capacities by allocating societal resources : Balancing the objectives in planning for a total defence structure." Thesis, Försvarshögskolan, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-9433.
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This thesis aims to investigate how the objectives of neoliberal economic thought and total defence structure are relatable in defence planning. With a theoretical base in research on outsourcing of military logistics, the thesis sets out to contribute to the field of research by conceptualising the objectives of a total defence structure as a way of understanding the defence posture in Sweden since 2015. This is analysed through an in-depth study of Swedish defence planning reports and interviews with relevant actors using a thematic approach of data analysis. The research identifies that the objectives of neoliberal economic thought and total defence structure correlate to a certain extent but there are also some discrepancies that affect the defence planning and ability. The result indicates that there is a potential to combine the objectives more efficiently if the conceptualisations were developed to fit the current societal structure where outsourcing is a common practice.
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Gånfält, Pär, and Robert Jarl. "Från Kunskap till Styrka : Professionsutvecklingen av yngre officerare i armén." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för ekonomi, teknik och naturvetenskap, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-42303.
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Utbildingen av officerare är och har alltid varit ett omdiskuterat ämne. Sedan reformationen av officersutbildningen till Officersprogrammet för drygt tio år sedan – vilket för första gången även gav den nya fänriken akademisk kandidatexamen i krigsvetenskap – har den här frågan återigen aktualiserats. Akademiseringen tillförde en viktig och saknad aspekt till professionen men utlåtanden från officerskåren har varit att utbildningen är för generell och att fänriken inte kan något när denne kommer hem. Under samma tidsperiod har Försvarsmakten och armén genomgått stora förändringar. Omställningen från invasionsförsvar till insatsförvar har fullföljts, värnplikten avskaffades och anställda soldater och förband blev en ny verklighet. Som om inte detta räckte har fokus inom samma tidsperiod återigen svängt; nu med nationellt försvar i centrum och med en återinförd värnplikt och planerad tillväxt av Förvarsmakten som följd. Den här studien undersöker om den nyutexaminerade fänriken erhållit rätt förutsättningar att klara av det arbete som hen förväntas göra. Genom att utgå från att Officersprogrammet är en ny utbildning med andra för- och nackdelar än de tidigare officersutbildningarna fokuserar den här studien på mottagandet vid förbanden. Är det i själva verket utbildningen det är fel på eller är det just förväntningarna på den nye officeren? Ges fänriken möjlighet att omsätta teoretiska kunskaper till praktiska färdigheter? Studien indikerar att omhändertagandet av nyexaminerade officerare under den föregående tioårsperioden präglats av en brist på struktur och systematisering. Ett alltför stort fokus på kortsiktiga mål och en bortprioritering av professionsutvecklingen har påverkat officersprofessionen negativt. Armén och förbanden har under senare år förbättrat sin systematisering men behöver bli ännu bättre på att prioritera professionsutvecklingen. Armén bör utveckla en gemensam struktur för lärlingstiden för nya fänrikar genom att formalisera handledning och tydligare systematisera personalplaneringen. Den samlade utbildningen av officerare och professionsutvecklingen bör betraktas som en helhet, annars riskerar professionen att fortsätta påverkas negativt och tillväxt med kvalitet kommer inte vara möjlig. Studiens övergripande insikt är att det inte nödvändigtvis är utbildningen det är fel på, utan snarare hur omsättningen av utbildningen från teoretisk kunskap till praktiska färdigheter omhändertas inom stridskraften och förbandet.The education and training of military officers is and has always been a disputed subject. Since the reform of the Swedish officer’s training and conversion to Officersprogrammet1 (OP) a little over a decade ago – which for the first time granted the new junior officer with an academic degree in War Studies – this issue has been revitalized. The conversion to an academic education provided the Swedish Military Profession with an important missing aspect. But, the general opinion prevailing among the officer corps is that the training is far too generic and that junior officers thus are inept for duty at their home regiments. During the same time frame the Swedish Armed Forces and the Swedish Army has undergone massive changes. Doctrinal realignment from focusing on the threat of a potential invasion towards an agile and highly operational defense force with an international focus was completed; conscription was scrapped and made dormant. Professionalized soldiers and field units became the new reality. But, then again focus shifted. National defense has once again become the priority with a reinstated conscription as well as planned growth for the Swedish Armed Forces as a consequence. This research project examines whether the junior officer during this time frame has been given the right possibilities to carry out the work expected by him or her. By assuming that OP is a new type of education program, with different pros and cons compared to previous educations, this research focuses instead on the integration of junior officers at their home units. Is it really the education that’s failing or are expectations on the new officer in fact improper? Are the junior officers provided the right support to transform knowledge to skills? This thesis indicates that integration of junior officers has been characterized by a lack of structure and systematization during the past decade. Too much focus on short-term objectives and an unintentional suppression of the development of the Military Profession have had negative consequences. The Swedish Army has improved on systematization during recent years but still needs to improve and prioritize the development of the profession. The Swedish Army should create a structured apprenticeship of junior officers by formalizing mentorship and clearly systematize strategic personnel planning. The collective training of officers and the Evolution of the Military Profession should be considered as a whole, it will otherwise risk further negative consequences and planned growth with quality will not be feasible. The main insight of this study is that it’s not necessarily the education that is failing but rather how the Regiments within the Swedish Army manages to transform the junior officers’ knowledge to relevant skills or not.
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Davidsson, Andreas. "Både och - för säkerhets skull : en kvalitativ fallstudie om Sveriges behov av både bredare internationella försvarssamarbeten och nationell försvarsförmågetillväxt." Thesis, Försvarshögskolan, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-9241.
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Sweden's decision to participate in Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) in Iraq 2015 appears to be a paradox in the perspective of the new defence policy which emphasises an increased national defence capacity. The Swedish Armed Forces is expected to increase both its national capacity and its international commitments despite personnel and economical limitations?Besides this paradox the Swedish decision to participate in a US-lead operation appears to be a deviant case in several perspectives which has not been investigated by previous research. The Swedish Parliament decision is made in a security environment tinged by Russian aggression against Ukraine. At the same time the domestic situation is framed by a weak minority government which relies on unorthodox political agreements to survive. Despite its weak position the government abandons traditional practise like the operation´s legal framework, the processing of the government bill etc.The purpose of this thesis is to explain why Sweden seems to seek broader international military cooperation and deepening its international commitments when there is an increased need for national defence capacity-building.When Swedish security and sovereignty is threatened, directly by Russian aggression and indirectly by weakened international institutions it is a rational choice to seek broader and deeper cooperation with other partners. OIR is hereby a unique opportunity to an operational cooperation with the only state that alone can counteract Russian aggression in the Baltic region, USA.By a decision-making process with the ability to apprehend both foreign policy and defence policy ends the political opposition abandons ideological stands and political benefits enabling the parliament decision.
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Karlsson, Morgan. "FÄLTARBETENS PÅVERKAN PÅ MARKOPERATIONER - EN TEORIPRÖVANDE FALLSTUDIE PÅ SOVJETISKA FÄLTARBETEN UNDER OPERATION BAGRATION." Thesis, Försvarshögskolan, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-8562.
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Previous research on the art of military engineering indicates that the development of this support branch focuses on technological and organizational advancements whereas theory development seems to be lacking. The purpose of this study is to explore the extent to which J.F.C Fuller´s theory might be able to address the scientific gap that exists today, by considering the possible impact of military engineering on the outcome of a historical land operation. The study uses a case study to examine the four offensives of the Soviet Union’s Operation Bagration, drawing on a theoretical framework derived from contemporary maneuver warfare theory by J.F.C Fuller. This theory contains the physical elements of war: mobility, offensive power and protection and Fuller´s physical principles of war with their tactical and strategical classes. These classes and elements are applied throughout this study to analyze the occurrence of military engineering and their effect on the operation. The findings of the study show that J.F.C Fuller´s theory can be applied to historical offensives to examine the effects military engineering has on the outcome. The effects can for example be explained through the contribution military engineering has on limiting the opponent’s mobility and enabling the envelopment of the opponent’s flanks through mobility.
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Janbrink, Tilda. "Counting votes or counting bodies? : A qualitative study on the effect Regime Type has on the nature of Pre-election Violence in autocratic states." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-431890.
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In a quantitative study in 2007, Davenport found that autocratic military regimes statistically face a higher risk of electoral violence than authoritarian party-backed regimes. This thesis has attempted to link Davenports findings with theories on military belligerence presented by Lai and Slater (2006) as well as Geddes et al. (2014), and thereby contribute to our understanding of the matter by investigating the potential causal mechanisms connecting regime type and electoral violence. The analysis specifically focuses on differences in pre-election violence by comparing the 2008 election in Pakistan and the 2007 election in Uzbekistan. Evidence from the cases suggest that there is some support for a covariation between regime type and levels of pre-election violence, although there are alternative explanations worth considering before one can determine whether or not a causal relationship can be observed. Finally, the findings indicate that military regime belligerence or lack of knowledge on how to use nonviolent political repressive tools in order to sway the elections do not explain the observed variation. Rather, the thesis suggests that levels of pre-election violence is more likely to be affected by other conflicts in the region, the design of the election campaign and whether there are established influential opposition parties present in the country.
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Baade, Hans Petter. "Acquiring Deterrence : Defence Procurements’ Role in Deterrence." Thesis, Försvarshögskolan, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-7457.
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A major Norwegian defence procurement project takes decades from project initiation to the desired military capability is delivered and has reached full operational capability. The Norwegian Armed Forces’ primary mission is to maintain a credible deterrence and prevent armed conflicts arising, meaning that the capability acquired through military procurement projects must play into future general deterrence. Do Norway’s strategic military capability procurement projects contribute to a credible and capable deterrence? The purpose of this study is to gain a deeper understanding of the deterrence potential of two chosen Norwegian military procurement projects of strategic importance. The capabilities studied are the acquisition of the US fifth generation fighter, F-35 Lightning II and the 212CD submarine to be designed and built by Germany. The two projects have a combined estimated investment cost of 113 billion NOK. Deterrence is a large area in social science and the discipline of War Studies. This study applies a deterrence theory lens, primarily based on the conclusion in Zagare’s and Kilgour’s perfect deterrence theory regarding the importance of capable and credible threats, operationalised through Dalsjö’s five dimensions of threshold defence. The analysis identifies a clear credibility issue with one of the projects and the paradox that cost saving decisions intended to ensure operational availability and increase credibility also make the capability more vulnerable and less credible due to lack of redundancy.
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Hedman, Fredrik. "Civil-militära relationer i konkordans : den svenska Försvarsmaktens förtroendelyft." Thesis, Försvarshögskolan, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-9302.
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Studien avhandlar civil-militära relationer med en teori sprungen ur kontexten inhemsk militär intervention. Forskningsfältets rådande paradigm utmanas av Rebecca L. Schiffs konkordansteori, vilken här prövas i en kvalitativ fallstudie med två empiriska fall ur den svenska kontexten. Brister i den tidigare tillämpningen av konkordansteorin adresseras genom Sveriges unika kombination av historiska, kulturella och sociala förutsättningar. Fallen representerar nutida ytterligheter av det svenska folkets förtroende för Försvarsmakten – bottennoteringen 2008 respektive toppnoteringen 2017 – och har valts i syfte att undersöka hur teorin kan förklara utvecklingen av de civil-militära relationerna i de aktuella fallen. Studiens resultat visar att konkordansteorin är möjlig att applicera i en svensk nutida kontext och att den bidrar med förklaringskraft till utvecklingen i de civil-militära relationerna, men också att den är generaliserbar till fall som delar dess grundläggande karakteristik.This study focuses on civil-military relations with a theory originated from the context of domestic military intervention. The prevailing paradigms of the research area are challenged by Rebecca L. Schiff's concordance theory. This theory is tested in a qualitative case study with two empirical cases from a Swedish context. Deficiencies in earlier applications of concordance theory are addressed through Sweden's unique combination of historical, cultural and social conditions. These cases represent contemporary extremes of the public’s confidence in the Swedish Armed Forces. The lowest score in 2008 and the top score in 2017, have been selected with the aim of exploring how the theory can explain the development of civil-military relations in these cases. The findings of this study show that concordance theory is applicable in a Swedish contemporary context. It contributes with explanatory power to the development of civil-military relations and it is also generalizable to cases that share its basic characteristics.
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Östlund, Patrik. "Den militära nyttan med kontrollerbara sjöminsystem : En jämförande fallstudie." Thesis, Försvarshögskolan, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-7567.
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Sea mines are a cheap weapons system useful for hindering an opponent’s freedomof movement. Controllable sea mines, that can be activated and deactivated after they havebeen laid out, can be laid out prior to break out of war. The main bulk of sea mines storedtoday in Swedish depots are not controllable. This thesis compares the military utility between two controllable mine systems. The existingM9-system and a system draft based on wireless underwater communication. With theSwedish navy as the military actor using the systems, the comparison is set against abackground scenario of an escalating crisis. In this context the military effectiveness, militarysuitability and affordability of the systems is studied. The results indicate that the KT-system introduced in this study has a slightly greater militaryutility. At the same time, the results point out a number of differences between the systems,which in the end might be of greater use to a decision maker than a summed up rating.Sjöminor är ett billigt vapensystem som kan användas för att hindra enmotståndares rörelsefrihet. Sjöminor som är kontrollerbara kan aktiveras och stängas av efterfällning vilket möjliggör minering före ett krigsutbrott. Huvuddelen av de minor som idagfinns i svenska förråd är okontrollerbara. Denna studie jämför militär nytta mellan två kontrollerbara sjöminsystem. Det existerandeM9-systemet och ett idésystem baserat på trådlös undervattenskommunikation. Med densvenska marinen som tänkt brukare och mot bakgrund av ett eskalerande krisscenariostuderas vilket av systemen som skulle vara mest militärt effektivt, militärt lämpligt ochsamtidigt ekonomiskt överkomligt. Resultatet indikerar att det i studien presenterade KT-systemet som introduceras i denna studiehar en liten fördel ur ett militärt nyttoperspektiv. Samtidigt visar de på ett antal skillnadermellan systemen vilket i slutänden kan mer användbara för en beslutsfattare än ett sammanvägtbetyg.
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Hassel, Jonas. "Privata säkerhets- och militära företag i ett COIN-perspektiv : En fallstudie av Afghanistan." Thesis, Försvarshögskolan, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-2811.
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Privata säkerhets- och militära företag (PSMF) har använts allt mer i counterinsurgency (COIN)-operationer under de senaste tio åren, där Afghanistan och Irak utgör två tydliga exempel. Syftet med studien är att undersöka hur PSMF påverkar säkerhetsarbetet vid genomförande av COIN i ett konfliktområde, Afghanistan. Studien visar att PSMF i Afghanistan under 2008–2011 i huvudsak påverkade säkerhetsarbetet positivt och fyllde en viktig funktion avseende COIN med två undantag. PSMF stöd till militära operationer i form av bevakning och eskortering påverkade COIN till del negativt och PSMF resistens mot korruption var direkt negativt för COIN. PSMF spelade en framträdande roll för att bygga upp och utbilda militära och civila institutioner i Afghanistan, samt påverkade även i huvudsak positivt vid skydd av humanitära projekt och utvecklingsverksamhet. Studien visar att PSMF stöd till säkerhetsarbetet genom bevakning och eskortering i Afghanistan hade positiva sidor genom att de avlastade de reguljära militära styrkorna, men även stor negativ inverkan på COIN då stor användning av främst afghanska säkerhetsföretag, tillika krigsherrar, medgav dem inflytande och möjlighet att undergräva den afghanska regeringens auktoritet. PSMF var även i hög grad inblandade i korruption och studien visar på ett samband mellan PSMF och korruption i Afghanistan, vilket varit negativt för COIN. Studien förordar att PSMF fortsatt används för uppbyggnad av militära och civila institutioner. För att förbättra säkerhetssituationen och minska korruptionen förordas bättre kontroll av PSMF samt att säkerhetspersonal från tredje land används för bevakning och eskortering, i det fall inte reguljär militär och polis kan användas.Private Security and Military Companies (PSMC) has been used more frequently in counterinsurgency(COIN)-operations during the past ten years, where Afghanistan and Iraq are two examples. The aim of this study is to examine how PSMC affects security in a COIN-context in a certain overseas contingency operation, in Afghanistan. This study proves that PSMC filled an important part and contributed to security within the counterinsurgency effort in Afghanistan during 2008–2011 with two exceptions, concerning base and transport security and concerning corruption. PSMC played a prominent part in building military and civilian institutional capacity in Afghanistan, where training, mentoring, partnering and advisory are important key functions. PSMC also contributes to protection of humanitarian and development projects, since fulfilment of many projects depends on the protection from PSMC. The study shows that PSMC efforts to provide base and transport security had a positive impact in terms of relieving regular military units to conduct military operations, but also major negative impact on COIN in terms of using warlords and powerbrokers as security providers. The illicit conduct of local security providers together with widespread corruption undermined counterinsurgency efforts in Afghanistan. The study proposes further use of PSMC as military and civilian institutional capacity-builders. In order to improve the security situation and reduce corruption this study proposes better oversight of PSMC and the use of third-country nationals for security, in case regular Coalition and Afghan units are not available.
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Forselius, Mikael. "Konventionell eller okonventionell, det är frågan? : En studie om flygvapnets förutsättningar för innovation till stöd för specialoperationer." Thesis, Försvarshögskolan, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-10025.
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Flygvapnets specialoperationsförband produceras i den konventionella delen av Försvarsmakten vilket innebär högre krav på byråkrati och styrning uppifrån i dess utvecklingsprocesser än okonventionella organisationer. Detta innebär att snabb operativ innovation, som är en framgångsfaktor inom specialoperationer, försvåras. Studiens syfte är att genom en kvalitativ intervjustudie utreda hur en specialoperationsenhet som utvecklas, utbildas och utrustas i en konventionell organisation ges förutsättningar till innovation till stöd för specialoperationer. Till stöd används bland annat Spulaks teori om kreativitet och innovation för specialförband. Studien visar att det går att genomföra snabb innovation nerifrån och upp under förutsättning att det finns en koherent uppdrags- och riskuppfattning samt om det råder en organisationskultur som uppmuntrar till kreativitet och innovation. Snabb anpassning kan även ske uppifrån och ner genom närhet till beslutsfattare som skapar förutsättning för att prioritet kan möjliggöra att resurser frigörs. Ett anpassat regelverk, decentraliserad ledning och förståelse för uppdraget är andra avgörande faktorer som skapar förutsättningar till snabb innovation. För att kunna uppnå detta krävs även en tydlig styrning från central nivå för att undvika att specialoperationsförbandens behov fastnar i försvarsgrenskonkurrens.The Swedish Air Force's special operations forces is produced in the conventional part of the Armed Forces, which means higher demands on bureaucracy and control from higher hierarchy in its development processes than unconventional organizations. This means that rapid operational innovation, which is a success factor in special operations, is hampered. The purpose of the study is through a qualitative interview study to investigate how a special operations unit that is developed, trained and equipped in a conventional organization is given the conditions for innovation in support of special operations. Spulak's theory of creativity and innovation for special operations forces, alongside with other research, is used as a theoretical framework. The result show that it is possible to implement rapid innovation from the bottom up, provided that there is a coherent view of the mission and risks and whether there is an organizational culture that encourages creativity and innovation. Rapid adaptation can also take place from the top down through proximity to decision-makers, which creates the conditions for priority to enable resources to be allocated. An adapted regulatory framework, decentralized command and understanding of the mission are other decisive factors that create the conditions for rapid innovation. In order to be able to achieve this, a clear guidence from the central level is also required to avoid the requirements of the special operations forces getting caught up in intraservice competition.
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Staberg, Johan. "Att skapa strategi i gråzonen : En scenariobaserad intervjustudie om militära råd till politiska mottagare." Thesis, Försvarshögskolan, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-10092.
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The relationship between a country's political decision-making and top military leadership is central, but also debated. Not least whether the military side should take political life into account and to what extent one should become a part of it. This essay aims to increase the understanding of the challenges of the military-political relationship, focusing on the borderland between peace and war that is usually described as a gray zone. Through scenario-based interviews with senior officials and politicians within the Swedish government and government office, it is investigated what impact a gray zone problem can have on the military advice provided. By combining a future scenario with interviews, an empirical material unique to the research field is created. The results show that the gray zone affects the strategic decision-making process, but not really by adding any completely new challenges, but mainly by strengthening and partly developing existing ones. The logic of peace, rather than war, on strategy should therefore form the basis for how the gray zone is viewed from a decision-making process perspective. The gray zone's character of ambiguity creates and reinforces tensions between different actors in the strategy process, which in turn risks delaying strategic decisions. The ambiguities arise mainly in three areas: the view of the strategic problem, the political consequences and the organization that will deal with the gray zone. Some of the ambiguities are amplified by the opponent, while others are more the result of internal factors. In order to reduce the negative effects of the gray zone problem, a much closer integration between the military and politics is proposed than in peacetime: policy-making must take place jointly and traditional boundaries need to be redrawn. The key is spelled relationships and these must be created and maintained in good time before the gray zone enters.Relationen mellan ett lands politiska beslutsfattning och högsta militärledning är central, men också omdebatterad. Inte minst huruvida den militära sidan ska ta hänsyn till det politiska livet och i vilken grad man själv ska bli en del av detta. Denna uppsats syftar till att öka förståelsen för den militär-politiska relationens utmaningar, med fokus på det gränsland mellan fred och krig som brukar betecknas som en gråzon. Genom scenariobaserade intervjuer med högre tjänstemän och politiker inom Sveriges regering och regeringskansli undersöks vilken påverkan en gråzonsproblematik kan ha på de militära råd som lämnas. Genom att kombinera ett framtidsscenario med intervjuer skapas ett för forskningsfältet unikt empiriskt material. Resultatet visar att gråzonen påverkar den strategiska beslutsprocessen men egentligen inte genom att tillföra några helt nya utmaningar, utan främst genom att förstärka och till del utveckla redan existerande. Fredens, snarare än krigets, logik på strategi bör därför ligga till grund för hur gråzonen betraktas ur ett beslutsprocessperspektiv. Gråzonens karaktär av otydlighet skapar och förstärker spänningar mellan olika aktörer inom strategiprocessen, som i sin tur riskerar att försena strategiska beslut. Otydligheterna uppstår främst inom tre områden: synen på det strategiska problemet, de politiska konsekvenserna och den organisation som ska hantera gråzonen. Vissa av otydligheterna förstärks av motståndaren, medan andra mer är ett resultat av interna faktorer. För att minska gråzonsproblematikens negativa effekter föreslås en betydligt närmare integrering mellan militär och politik än i fredstid: policyskapandet måste ske gemensamt och traditionella gränser behöver dras om. Nyckeln stavas relati-oner och dessa måste skapas och underhållas i god tid innan gråzonen träder in.
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Alvesparr, Oliver. "Hur påverkar mänskliga kvarlevor åtgärderna på en skadeplats? : Hur påverkar mänskliga kvarlevor den tekniska åtgärdstiden?" Thesis, Försvarshögskolan, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-7471.
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När Försvarsmakten brukar sitt materiel under krigslika förhållanden kan både personer och materiel ta skada. Hur mänskliga kvarlevor skall omhändertas ur ett reperationsobjekt är idag okänt. Problemet med hanteringen av mänskliga kvarlevor återfinns inte i teknisk tjänst reglemente eller någon annan styrning. Problemet med mänskliga kvarlevor i ett objekt kan både vara en fråga för logistik, sjukvård, polis, juridik, teknisk tjänst eller en kombination av dessa. Chefen på plats behöver ha i åtanke tre stycken olika huvudskeenden, såsom att ta hand om den avlidne, sanera utrustningen och slutligen reparera utrustningen. Uppsatsens syfte är att undersöka hur hanteringen av mänskliga kvarlevor på en skadeplats bör regleras. Arbetet är avgränsat till att studera hur mänskliga kvarlevor lämpligen borde hanteras av den svenska försvarsmakten, från att en person blir skadad eller dödad i ett fordon, tills att vagnen kan bli lagad. De metoder som används för datainsamling är intervju, frågeformulär och litteraturstudie. Resultat har visat att mänskliga kvarlevor indirekt påverkas nästan alla åtgärderna på en skadeplats och teknisk åtgärdstid. Det uppstår ett behov av att ta hand om den avlidna kroppen och att sanera utrustningen, vilket det finns bristande eller inga rutiner för. De rutiner som finns i reglementena är för generella för att ge stöd till beslutsfattaren. Vem som ska sanera och hur det ska genomföras inom försvarsmakten är fortfarande okänt. Författaren har tagit fram sju olika rekommendationer för fortsatta studier.When the Armed Forces use their material under warlike conditions, both persons and material can come to harm. How human remains are to be disposed of from a damage vehicle is unknown today. The problem of managing human remains is not found in technical service regulations or any other control. The issue of human remains in an object can be an issue both for the logistical, medical, police, legal, technical service or a combination of those. The man in charge needs to keep in mind three different steps, such as taking care of the deceased, cleaning the equipment and finally repairing the equipment. The purpose of the essay is to investigate how the management of human remains in scene of an accident should be regulated. The work is limited to studying how human remains should suitably be handled by the Swedish Armed Forces, from when a person has been injured or killed in a vehicle, until the vehicle can be repaired. The methods used for data collecting are interview, questionnaire and literature study. The results of the study show that indirectly, almost all measures on a scene of an accident and technical response time are affected due to human remains. There is a need to take care of the deceased body and to clean the equipment, which is lacking or no routines for. The procedures available are too general to provide support to the decision maker. Who to clean and how to implement it within the Armed Forces is still unknown. The author has developed seven different recommendations for further studies
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Blomberg, Björn. "Militär kreativitet : en militär konstform?" Thesis, Försvarshögskolan, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-10027.
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Kreativitet är en förmåga som Försvarsmakten önskar att militär personal behärskar och använder. Samtidigt saknas en tydlig beskrivning av vad militär kreativitet är, hur det ska tolkas och om det påverkas av yttre påverkansfaktorer. Trots vikten av att officerare ska kunna behärska kreativitet i en militär kontext, återfinns det inte en entydig sammanhållen definition av begreppet att förhålla sig till. Syftet med denna studie var att bidra till en djupare förståelse för militär kreativitet och de drivkrafter som påverkar kreativiteten i en militär kontext. De två frågeställningar som ligger till grund för studien var: Hur tolkas kreativitet i en militär kontext av yrkesofficerare i Försvarsmakten? Vilka drivkrafter hämmar alternativt stimulerar kreativitet i en militär kontext hos den enskilde yrkesofficeren? Frågeställningarna undersöktes genom intervjuer med yrkesofficerare i Försvarsmakten och analyserades i enlighet med en Grounded Theory-ansats. Studiens resultat visar att det finns en militär kreativitet som uppstår då militär personal befinner sig i en militär kontext och ständigt tänker nytt. Mer specifikt kan denna militära kreativitet definieras som: när militär personal på ett nytt och nyttigt eller generativt sätt skapar progression i en militär kontext. Denna studie bidrar således med att belysa progression som en viktig utgångspunkt för förståelsen av militär kreativitet. Studien visar också att den organisatoriska miljön har en central betydelse för den militära kreativiteten eftersom den stimulerar eller hämmar den militära personalen i sitt utövande. Studiens resultat pekar särskilt på att förekomsten av negativ korrigering, eller bestraffning, inom Försvarsmakten har en påtagligt hämmande effekt på militär kreativitet.
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Johansson, Daniel. "Illusionisten Putin : Strategisk överraskning genom vilseledning - en fallstudie av rysk krigföring på Krim 2014." Thesis, Försvarshögskolan, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-9301.
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I efterbörden av Rysslands annektering av Krim 2014 uppstod diskussioner kring rysk krigskonst och hybridkrigföring. Bland tvetydigheterna som uppstod identifieras bland annat vilka strategier som det samtida Ryssland har för att uppnå strategisk överraskning. Denna studie har syftat till att undersöka rysk militär vilseledning i samband med Rysslands strategiska överraskningsanfall på Krim 2014. Studien har genomförts som en teoriprövande fallstudie varvid såväl västerländska som sovjetiska/ryska vilseledningsteorier prövats på det ryska agerande under annekteringen av Krim 2014. Sammantaget visar studiens resultat på förekomster av ryskt agerande i enlighet med samtliga av studiens prövade teorier varvid det i huvudsak var distraktion, dolda aktiva åtgärder samt desinformation som bidrog till den ryska strategiska överraskningen. Studiens oväntade resultat pekar på ett aktivt deltagande av den ryske presidenten personligen varvid det inte går att underskatta betydelsen av en politisk företrädare som Vladimir Putin. Studiens resultat kan vidare tolkas som att den vilseledning som Ryssland genomförde får ses vilande i huvudsak på tidigare dokumenterade sovjetiska teorier. Vidare visar studiens resultat på en hög rysk förmåga till anpassning där tidigare etablerade sovjetiska/ryska teorier kring vilseledning utvecklats till dagens konfliktmiljöer. Studien visar därmed att äldre sovjetiska/ryska teorier på inget sätt är obsoleta utan i allra högsta grad fortsatt är aktuella i dagens globala världsordning.In the aftermath of Russia's annexation of Crimea 2014, discussions arose about Russian military art of war and hybrid warfare. Questions were identified regarding strategic surprise and what strategies todays’ modern Russia was using. This study aims to investigate Russian military deception in connection with Russia's strategic surprise attack in Crimea 2014. The study was conducted as a single case study in which Western as well as Soviet/Russian theories of military deception was compared with the Russian activities during the Crimea annexation in 2014. The result shows Russian activities in accordance with both Western and old Soviet/Russian theories of deception. According to the study Russian main focus was distraction, active measures and disinformation leading to the Russian strategic surprise. The study shows unexpected results regarding the amount of personal activity involving the Russian president, Vladimir Putin. The result shows that the significance of a political representative such as Vladimir Putin cannot be underestimated. Additionally the study also shows that the military deception conducted by Russia in and around the period of the Crimea annexation 2014 mainly extracts from previously documented old Soviet theories. It highlights Russia’s ability to adapt into today's conflict environments by bending and adjusting old theories and doctrines. By that meaning old Soviet/Russian theories are in no way obsolete but instead being very much relevant in today's global world order.
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Berlin, Mats. "Luftmaktsteoriers koppling till svensk doktrin : En kvalitativ undersökning av svensk doktrin." Thesis, Försvarshögskolan, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-6829.
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The Swedish armed forces doctrine does not disclose where the knowledge about the use of airpower was acquired. Earlier research supports the fact that doctrine needs to contain theory to support its legitimacy. The purpose of this study is to examine whether the doctrine contains air power theory. The author believes that increased internationalization may have caused international air power theories to have been integrated in the doctrine. The research was conducted as a qualitative research of the Swedish air force doctrine documents. The research intended to see if the air power theories of John Warden and Shaun Clark have influenced the doctrine. The result of this study shows that the ideas of Shaun Clarke had a much higher presence than the ideas of John Warden. The study has shown that the Swedish air force doctrine has theoretical support. The study concludes that internationalizing has affected but not to the point where the Swedish air force blindly copied air power theories without it suiting the Swedish air force.
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Mohammed, Mostafa, and Omar Hassan Hagi. "Effektivisering av FEM-Design för brodimensionering : Trafiklaster på broar." Thesis, KTH, Byggteknik och design, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-259635.
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FEM-Design används i allmänhet för dimensionering av huskonstruktioner. Detta arbete syftar på att göra programmet mer anpassningsbart för brodimensionering. Examensarbetet går ut på att integrera militära fordon i FEM-Design modeller. I det här examensarbete har hjulfordon, bandfordon och konvojer modellerats. Ett tidigare examensarbete om modellering av typfordon och lastmodellering kontrollerades i detta arbete. Det kontrollerades för att säkerställa att modelleringen har skett på ett korrekt sätt. Lasterna analyserades genom att sätta in de tidigare modellerade lasterna på en platta respektive en balk, där momentdiagrammet skulle ge samma resultat som om den hade gjorts för hand. De militära fordonenslasterna beräknades efter trafikverkets krav och resultatet definierades i FEM- Design, så att resultatet ska kunna användas vid dimensionering. Arbetet tillsammans med Strusoft AB resulterade i att 128 nya laster modellerades i FEM-Design. Dessutom kontrollerades 30 redan modellerade typfordonslaster av lastmodellerna 1–3. Resultatet visar en stor mängd nya fordonslaster som definierats i FEM-Design efter trafikverkets standarder. Om programmet även lyckas tillämpa fler funktioner som är mer anpassade för att definiera laster, genom vidare studier kan FEM-design i framtiden vara mer konkurrenskraftigt med de andra brokonstruktionsprogrammen.FEM-Design is generally used for structural design of buildings. This work aims to make the program more adaptable to bridge design. It is possible in this way that loads of military vehicles are modeled in FEM-Design. In this work Wheeled vehicles, tire vehicles, convoys have been modeled. A previous degree project on modeling of special vehicles and load modeling was checked in this work. It was made to ensure that they were modeled correctly. The loads were analyzed by inserting the modeled loads on a plate or a beam where the moment diagram would give the same result as if it had been made by hand. The military vehicle loads were calculated according to the Swedish transportation administration requirements and the result was defined in FEM-Design so that the result can be used for load modelling. The work together with Strusoft AB resulted in 128 new loads being modeled in FEM-Design. In addition, 30 already modeled special vehicle loads of load models 1-3 were checked. The result shows a large number of new vehicle loads that are defined in FEM-Design according to the Swedish Transport Administration's standards. If the program also manages to apply more functions that are more adapted to define loads, through further studies, FEM design in the future can be more competitive with the other bridge design programs.
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Bolzenius, Sandra M. "The 1945 Black Wac Strike at Ft. Devens." The Ohio State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1385398294.
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Wasserman, Stexgård Katarina, and Emil Walter. "Att organisera och leda militär verksamhet vid påfrestningar : Utmaningar och lösningar." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för ekonomi, teknik och naturvetenskap, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-37002.
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Svensk militär verksamhet organiseras och leds i ett normalläge, för att snabbt kunna möta och hantera en hastigt uppkommen påfrestning. På motsvarande sätt finns annan verksamhet i samhället som verkar under liknande förutsättningar. Vad kännetecknar en militär organisation som skall hantera påfrestningar med hög operativ effekt, och vad utmärker metoden för att leda verksamheten vid påfrestning? Vilka utmaningar och lösningar kan identifieras? I syfte att vidga perspektiven gjordes en jämförelse i kontrasterande syfte mellan ett militärt förband och ett akutsjukhus. Genom en induktivt driven ansats och kvalitativ metod, genomfördes sju semistrukturerade djupintervjuer vid Luftstridsskolan i Uppsala och Lokal katastrofledning vid Gävle sjukhus. Likheterna mellan de undersökta enheterna avseende organisation och ledningsmetod samt utmaningar och lösningar kopplade till detta var stor. Med utgångspunkt i begreppen High Reliability Organizations och Ambidextrous Organizations diskuteras resultaten, som ger förutsättningar att utveckla organisation och ledningsmetod främst vid författarnas förband Luftstridsskolan. För att nå detta är författarnas konkreta rekommendationer, med stöd i empiri och litteratur, bl.a. att i högre utsträckning nyttja tvärfunktionellt sammansatta ledningsgrupper för att hantera påfrestningar eller komplexa planeringsuppgifter och därigenom minska stuprörstänkande, att sträva mot förbättrad gemensam lägesbild vid flottiljstab och att avkräva lojalitet mot beslutad organisation och ledningsmetod. Detta bedöms leda till ökad operativ effekt vid förbandet.Swedish armed forces are normally organized for education and training on a daily basis, for the purpose of rapidly being able to deal with sudden events or strains. What signifies a military organization and command dealing with these kinds of strains whilst maintaining a high level of operational effect? What challenges do they face and what kinds of solutions are available? In order to expand the perspective a comparison was made with a military unit and an emergency hospital. This study was carried out withan inductive and qualitative method, and seven semi-structured interviews were conducted. By the perspectives of High Reliability Organizations and Ambidextrous Organizations, the results are discussed. The resemblances between the two researched units are surprisingly striking in the investigated areas of interest. In order to improve organization and command at the researched military unit, the authors recommend the following actions: the use of joint functions command groups to a greater extent in order to enhance the ability to handle strains and sudden events, to strive for a greater level of situational awareness on all levels in the organization and the demand for loyalty to organization and structure of management decided by the commander. These actions are deemed to increase the level of operational effect at the unit.
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Gustafsson, Andreas. "Obemannade sensorbärare i urban miljö : En komparativ studie mellan UAV och UGV för förband på stridsteknisk nivå." Thesis, Försvarshögskolan, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-7563.
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Den urbana miljön är en av de mest komplexa miljöer som svenska förband ska kunna strida i. Bristfällig information, tredimensionellt hot, korta stridsavstånd och civila är bara några av de utmaningar soldater ställs inför i urban miljö. Vissa av dessa utmaningar skulle kunna minskas genom nyttjande av obemannade sensorer, som skulle kunna ge chefer en tydligare lägesbild. Studien har genomförts som en komparativ fallstudie, där ett representativt flygande system har jämförts med ett markgående. Syftet med studien är att utröna vilket system har störst militär nytta. Utgångspunkt för jämförelsen är en konceptmodell för militär nytta, där systemen jämförts inom tre dimensioner; militär effektivitet, militär lämplighet samt ekonomisk överkomlighet. Utfallet av studien tyder på att det markgående systemet, UGV, har en något högre militär nytta än det flygande systemet. Vidare påvisar studien att det finns tydliga skillnader i kravuppfyllnad beroende på var och i vilken strid som systemen används. Det flygande har en tydlig fördel utanför byggnader under anfallsstrid, medan det markgående har en fördel inne i byggnader. Studien påvisar även att båda systemen bidrar med militär nytta till förband i urban miljö.The urban environment is one of the most difficult environments that Swedish units are supposed to fight in. Inadequate information, a three-dimensional threat, close range combat and civilians are just a few of the challenges that face soldiers in urban environment. Some of these challenges could be reduced by the use of unmanned sensors, which could enhance the situational awareness. This study has been conducted as a comparative case study, where a representative aerial system has been compared with a ground system. The aim of the study is to determine which system has the highest military utility. The study is based on a concept model for military utility that has compared the systems within three dimensions; military effectiveness, military suitability and affordability. The result of the study indicates that the ground system, UGV, has a slight advantage in military utility compared to the aerial system. Further the study indicates that there are apparent differences between the systems depending on where they are used and in what combat situation. The aerial system has a clear advantage when used outside buildings and in offensive actions, whereas the ground system has an advantage inside buildings. The study also shows that both systems contributes with military utility to units in urban terrain.
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Palmgren, Anton. "GRKPBV 90 – Militär nytta kopplat till teknisk tjänst." Thesis, Försvarshögskolan, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-7405.
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Studien kopplar införandet av ett nytt självgående förbandsknutet bataljonsartilleri vid namn Granatkastarpansarbandvagn 90, GRKPBV 90 till teknisk tjänst. Studien tar en militärteknisk ansats då teknisk tjänst historiskt sett ofta blir förbisett i militära sammanhang. GRKPBV 90 bygger på en idé om ett självgående bataljonsbatteri som var på tal redan under 1990-talet vid namn Granatkastarpansarbandvagn 90120, men som ej förverkligades. Tidigare studier har visat att det kan finnas viss problematik vid införande av tekniska system med avseende på exempelvis teknisk tjänst. Det nya tekniska systemet GRKPBV 90 som ska införas i försvarsmakten kan bli komplext och kan ge en påverkan på militär verksamhet och i synnerhet teknisk tjänst. Studien kopplar den militära nyttan som är central i militär verksamhet till ett införande av ett nytt militärt tekniskt system och den tekniska tjänsten. Syfte: Studiens syfte är att utforska hur införandet av ett nytt tekniskt system, i detta fall GRKPBV 90, kan påverkar den tekniska tjänsten hos ett mekaniserat förband samt hur det kan påverka tillgängligheten av indirekt eldförmåga. Frågeställning: Hur påverkar införandet av GRKPBV 90 den tekniska tjänsten vid ett svensk mekaniserat förband? Metod: För att svara på den frågeställning som ställs nyttjar studien en kvalitativ metod i form av en fallstudie med innehållande litteraturstudie samt intervjuer. Resultat: Studien pekar på att införandets påverkan på den tekniska tjänsten för de mekaniserade förbanden kan komma att vara liten med avseende på struktur och utbildning. Anledningen till detta är GRKPBV 90 militära lämplighet, det vill säga systemets militära nytta. Den tekniska tjänsten kan dock blir mer belastad med avseende av att fler vagnar kan innebära fler mekaniker, verktygssatser och reservdelar. Sammantaget kan detta påverka den tekniska tillgängligheten på GRKPBV 90 och i sin tur tillgängligheten av indirekt eldförmåga.The study deals with the introduction of a new self-propelled artillery called Granatkastarpansarbandvagn 90, GRKPBV 90, linked to technical service. The study takes a military technical approach, as historically, technical service is more than rarely overlooked in military contexts. GRKPBV 90 is based on an idea of a self-propelled battalion battery that was already under development in the 1990s, called Granatkastarpansarbandvagn 90120, but not realized. Previous studies have shown that there may occur problem when introducing technical systems with regard to, for example, technical service. The new technical system GRKPBV 90 that will be introduced into the Armed Forces can be complex and may affect military activity and, in particular, technical service. The military benefit that is central to military activity should be linked to the introduction of a new military technical system and the technical service. Purpose: The purpose of the study is to explore how the introduction of a new technical system, in this case GRKPBV 90, may affect the technical service of a mechanized unit and how it can affect the availability of indirect fire capability. Research question: How does the introduction of GRKPBV 90 affect the technical service of a Swedish mechanized connection? Method: To answer the question posed, the study uses a qualitative method in the form of a case study containing a literature study and interviews. Result: The study shows that the answer to the research question is that the impact of the introduction on the technical service of the mechanized links may be small in terms of structure and education. The reason for this is GRKPBV 90 military suitability, that is, the military utility of the system. However, the technical service may be strained with the fact that more vehicles can involve more mechanics, tool kits and spare parts. All in all, this may affect the technical availability of the GRKPBV 90 and, in turn, the availability of indirect fire capability.