Vi söker vikarie till vårterminen, ev längre. Kom och undervisa och forska med mig och mina kollegor i en trevlig och mycket bra forsknings- och undervisningsmiljö på Försvarshögskolan! Kontakta mig om du har några frågor!
Sista ansökningsdag är 10 januari – tveka inte, utan sök!
https://fhs.varbi.com/se/what:job/jobID:302865/type:job/where:4/apply:1
I just arrived in Singapore to be a Visiting Senior Fellow at the China Programme of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. At RSIS I will be hosted by the China program I will be hosted by Dr Li Mingjiang.
Under denna vecka har vi tagit markkadetterna från Karlberg ut till Livgardet för att genomföra en kurs i Taktisk Tillämpning där andraårskadetterna får möjlighet att testa det de lärt sig teoretiskt i praktiken. På bilderna till höger ser ni exempel på både hur kursansvarig planerar dagens övningar, hur detta omsätts av kadetterna när de taktiserar, planerar och ger order samt därefter genomför det de satt sig ut att göra.
(NEW ESSAY COLLECTION ON “LEADING LAND OPERATIONS” in Swedish)
Övlt Daniel Rydberg och jag har sammanställt en volym med 29 essäer på temat ledning av markoperationer. Dessa är skrivna av officerare på högre officersprogrammet i samband med en kurs i markoperationer som Övlt Rydberg och jag ansvarade för (”Ledning av markoperationer”). Essäerna berör det övergripande temat ”offensivt/defensivt tänkande, människan och manövern”.
Introduktionen som även innehåller en sammanfattning av kapitlen kan du läsa här: “Att leda markoperationer”.
Mer information om volymen: http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A1351839 .
Citera:
Weissmann, Mikael, and Daniel Rydberg, eds. Att leda markoperationer : En essäsamling. Stockholm: Marksektionen, Försvarshögskolan, 2019.
Our recent article “Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the most offensive of them all? – Explaining the offensive bias in military tactical thinking” in Defence Studies has received the attention by the Swedish Officers’ magazine “Officerstidningen”. Read an interview with my co-author LtCol Peter Ahlström here: https://www.officersforbundet.se/globalassets/pdfer/officerstidningen/2019/officerstidningen-nr-5-2019.pdf (pp. 10-11) (in Swedish).
New article on Practical Examination and the Examination of Practice when teaching war studies to cadets and officers (and others) in The Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences Proceedings and Journal. In Swedish, but if interested send a message.
Abstract:
The ability to lead armed combat is central to an officer. It is clear that the military professionis about more than possessing theoretical knowledge. Thus, in order to achieve an educationalprogram that includes the skills and abilities of the military profession there is a need to lookbeyond traditional written examination and apply practical examination in various forms.In this article we argue that while all practice can and should be examined through practicalexamination, not everything that is practically examined has to be practice. More specifically,this article will focus on the possibilities and limitations with practical examination. Focuswill be on the education of officers within the context of war studies. The article approachesthe issue on the basis of the legal framework for higher education in Sweden, research onteaching and learning in higher education and practice at the Swedish Defence University. Theoverall purpose is to understand practical examination with regard to what is allowed, howit is done with judicial security, and how it can be done in practice. The article also discusseswhat should be practically examined and how this should be done.
Full text här: http://fhs.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1343639/FULLTEXT01.pdf
I just published a new article in Baltic Defence College’s Journal on Baltic Security – HYBRID WARFARE AND HYBRID THREATS TODAY AND TOMORROW: TOWARDS AN ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK.
This article first traces the origin of hybrid warfare and the label game surrounding the concept, asking whether it is merely old wine in a new bottle, and if so, whether it is still a useful concept. It is found that while being old wine in new bottles, it is still a good wine well worth drinking. While there is not much new in the concept itself, it is a useful tool to think about past wars, today’s wars and the wars of the future. Thereafter, this paper analyses how hybrid warfare and hybrid threats are to be understood in the context of peace, conflict and war. It is shown how hybrid warfare and threats fit into our traditional understanding of conflict dynamics.
Full text (OPEN ACCESS): https://doi.org/10.2478/jobs-2019-0002
On 5 August I met with a delegation from the Chinese People’s Association for Peace and Disarmament (CPAPD) visiting the Swedish Institute of International Affairs.
We discussed and exchanged views on, among others, China’s relations with Europe, Sweden and the Nordic countries as well as European security and Europe’s role as a security actor.
Kom och jobba hos mig! Vi söker vikarierande lektorer i krigsvetenskap till sektionen för markoperationer och sektionen för marinopertioner. Sista ansökningsdag 15 augusti.
