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2. A conceptual critique of remote warfare
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Vladimir Rauta
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History ,Political Science and International Relations ,Formal concept analysis ,Political violence ,ComputerApplications_COMPUTERSINOTHERSYSTEMS ,Sociology ,Semantic field ,Epistemology ,Term (time) - Abstract
This paper presents a conceptual critique of “remote warfare.” It argues that “remote warfare” is more of a trendy term than a robust concept. In support of this assessment, this paper makes two arguments. First, that there is a lack of clarity in the debate over what “remote warfare” is: namely, the literature is yet to explain what it entails. Second, that because of this lack of definitional specificity, we also lack an account of its analytical value: what intellectual leverage does it hold over existing terms making similar claims? The article discusses these points by expanding on the notion of “semantic field,” which it uses to assess how “remote warfare” contributes and is shaped by the broader conceptual confusion in the study of contemporary war and warfare.
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- 2021
3. Is Britain a force for good? Investigating British citizens’ narrative understanding of war
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Thomas Colley
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021110 strategic, defence & security studies ,History ,business.industry ,05 social sciences ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,Media studies ,02 engineering and technology ,Public relations ,emplotment ,Public opinion ,0506 political science ,Silence ,Britain ,Strategic narrative ,Empirical research ,Spanish Civil War ,Foreign policy ,public opinion ,Political Science and International Relations ,050602 political science & public administration ,Narrative ,war ,Sociology ,business ,Public support - Abstract
It is commonly assumed in the foreign policy literature that narratives are uniquely persuasive and thus integral to obtaining public support for war. Yet, empirical research on “strategic narrative” is often vague on both the concept of narrative and how it persuades. Moreover, the stories publics use to interpret war are rarely examined. This paper offers a novel approach to studying “from the ground up” the war stories of individual British citizens. It examines public interpretations of war through emplotment: the way people select and link events to create a coherent story. Examining the wars people include and those they silence, it illustrates how a diverse range of citizens morally evaluates Britain’s military role, be it as a Force for Good, a Force for Ill or a country Learning from its Mistakes. In doing so, the paper offers an alternative methodological approach to studying how individual citizens understand war.
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- 2016
4. Ordering and controlling the dimensions of strategy
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David J. Lonsdale
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Strategist ,021110 strategic, defence & security studies ,History ,Battle ,Management science ,media_common.quotation_subject ,05 social sciences ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,02 engineering and technology ,050601 international relations ,0506 political science ,Politics ,Political Science and International Relations ,Strategic studies ,Sociology ,Strategic performance ,Gray (horse) ,media_common - Abstract
Colin Gray’s dimensions of strategy, built upon the earlier work of Clausewitz and Howard, has theoretical, practical, and pedagogic value for the Strategic Studies community. This paper further develops the theory, arguing that the dimensions can be controlled or managed to improve strategic performance. The dimensions are divided into two categories: “internal” and “external” to the process of strategy. The paper describes the dynamic process by which the internal dimensions, which can be controlled, are used to exert influence over the external dimensions that are beyond the control of the strategist. It is argued that six dimensions hold the key to strategic success: politics and the five dimensions concerned with warfighting. This conclusion validates the Clausewitzian paradigm with its emphasis on policy and battle.
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- 2016
5. Remote warfare – Buzzword or Buzzkill?
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Tom F. A. Watts, Rubrick Biegon, and Vladimir Rauta
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History ,Scholarship ,Marketing buzz ,Scope (project management) ,Political science ,Political Science and International Relations ,remote warfare ,International security ,JZ ,Security studies ,Stock (geology) ,Term (time) ,Law and economics - Abstract
The debates around remote warfare have grown significantly over the last decade, leading to the term acquiring a certain buzz in the media, think-tank, and policy discourse. The lack of any serious attempt to reflect and take stock of this body of scholarship informs the scope of this special issue, in general, and of this article in particular. This paper addresses this former gap and, in doing so, serves a threefold purpose. First, to provide a state-of-the-art review of this emerging debate. Second, to both categorise what properties make a buzzword and to make the case for why existing remote warfare scholarship should be approached in this way. Third, to introduce how the various contributions to this special issue extend the debate’s conceptual, theoretical, and empirical parameters.
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- 2021
6. 'The Hultqvist doctrine' – Swedish security and defence policy after the Russian annexation of Crimea
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Anna Wieslander
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History ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Doctrine ,Baltic sea ,Alliance theory ,Foreign policy ,General partnership ,Political economy ,Political science ,Political Science and International Relations ,Isolation (psychology) ,Neutrality ,Annexation ,media_common - Abstract
This article analyses how Sweden has adapted to the worsened security situation in its vicinity following Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea and war in Eastern Ukraine. The paper builds on secur...
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- 2021
7. The coming high-tech Sino-American War at Sea? Naval Guns, Technology hybridity and the 'Shock of the Old'
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Brendan Flynn
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021110 strategic, defence & security studies ,History ,05 social sciences ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,Naval warfare ,02 engineering and technology ,High tech ,050601 international relations ,Drone ,0506 political science ,Shock (economics) ,Hybridity ,Vietnam War ,Economy ,Political science ,Political Science and International Relations ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS ,Cyber threats - Abstract
In an era of cyber threats, drones and artificial intelligence, will the future of inter-state warfare at sea inevitably be high tech? This paper challenges assumptions about the ubiquity and impor...
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- 2021
8. Remote warfare and the legitimacy of military capabilities
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Jack McDonald
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Power (social and political) ,History ,Political Science and International Relations ,ComputerApplications_COMPUTERSINOTHERSYSTEMS ,Business ,Computer security ,computer.software_genre ,computer ,Drone ,Legitimacy - Abstract
Military power relies upon military capabilities, generated by organisations, infrastructure, and defence establishments. This paper highlights the importance of remote warfare to research on the t...
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- 2021
9. Gendered divisions of military labour in the British armed forces
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Claire Duncanson and Rachel Woodward
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021110 strategic, defence & security studies ,History ,Occupational group ,feminisation ,05 social sciences ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,Gender studies ,Context (language use) ,02 engineering and technology ,division of labour ,armed forces ,Military justice ,Work (electrical) ,Order (exchange) ,Law ,0502 economics and business ,Political Science and International Relations ,gender ,war ,Sociology ,military ,050203 business & management ,Division of labour - Abstract
This paper examines statistical data on the employment of women in the British armed forces. It reviews some of the issues shaping debates about women’s military employment, in order to establish the on-going significance of the topic. It looks at patterns of female military employment across the three services, and places discussion of this in the context of observations about gendered divisions of labour in the wider UK labour market. It examines data for the gendered divisions of labour within different corps, branches and occupational groups within each of the three armed services, and looks at gender patterns across ranks. It concludes by discussing the implications of these findings for both policy and conceptual work on women’s military participation.
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- 2016
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