Nieuwe rekruten leren vooral hoe ze zich moeten gedragen door goed te kijken naar hun ouderejaars en het is dan ook aan te bevelen ouderejaarscadetten meer verantwoordelijkheid te geven bij introductieperiodes. Tot die conclusie komt militair psycholoog Sander Dalenberg in zijn proefschrift Officer, …

Several open-ended questions were included in the Military-Civilian Personnel Survey (MCPS) in order to complement the quantitative information gathered using the closed-ended survey items. These open-ended questions allowed personnel to express their attitudes, perceptions, and experiences related …

In de beginfase van een stabilisatieoperatie is er vaak onvoldoende politiecapaciteit beschikbaar om de openbare orde en veiligheid te bewaken en de bevolking te beschermen tegen geweld en criminaliteit. Omdat de hervorming van de lokale politie pas op termijn een structurele oplossing biedt voor zo’n …

In this chapter it is argued that within the framework of the Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC), attack and kinetic operations can be used as equivalents where military operations that do not constitute attacks have a large overlap with non-kinetic operations. These topics present more than just a linguistic …

Since Russia occupied Crimea in March 2014, the Western world has been searching for explanations how this operation was conducted and why it came as a surprise for many military and international relations subject matter experts. The Western media followed by NATO called the Russian activities a form …

Over de werkwijze van de Luchtmacht Inlichtingendienst (LUID) in de Koude Oorlog is nog maar weinig bekend. Zou het hebben uitgemaakt als de jarenlange, intensieve inspanningen van de luchtmacht op dit terrein achterwege waren gebleven? In hoeverre voorzag de LUID gedurende de periode 1986-1987 in de …

In today’s world of globalisation, national borders have faded away, which poses new challenges and risks for national and international security. The ambition of the Netherlands Ministry of Defence is to share responsibility for the safety and stability of the international community. The three main …

International conflict resolution increasingly involves the use of non-military power and non-kinetic capabilities alongside military capabilities in the face of hybrid threats. In this book, counter-measures to those threats are addressed by academics with both practical and theoretical experience and …

This chapter offers a critical inquiry of the current process of United Nations (UN)-Arab League mediation in the Syrian war, in order to explain the effectiveness and implications of international mediation as a non-kinetic (non-coercive) asset in strategies that address this war. The Syrian war is …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine an organization's operational alignment in the process of alliance formation. Design/methodology/approach A literature study was conducted on the strategic importance of assessing and aligning organizations' operations for alliancing. Furthermore, …