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Opprørsbekjempelse – doktrine og praksis: FM 3-24 og The Surge
(Master thesis, 2009)In the new wars of today, the principle of adaption to changing situations is put to the test. The enemy of the state is no longer regular forces and mass armies of other states, but dangerous individuals and armed insurgent ... -
Forsvarets rolle ved sikkerhetspolitiske kriser i nordområdene
(Master thesis, 2009)The High North is an area of great possibilities. However, the magnitude of natural resources combined with a number of unsolved issues in the region may lead to conflicts. The aim of this Master’s thesis is to analyze the ... -
Sourcingstrategi for IKT i Forsvaret: Bortsetting av FISBasis – et strategisk feilgrep?
(Master thesis, 2009)This study examines the decision to outsource the IT platform FISBasis to an external provider. To gain detailed information of the incident and its context, interviews have been conducted with six persons close to the ... -
Ta vare på sine menn og andre feminine egenskaper: Er kvinnelige og mannlige militære ledere like, og er det handlingsrom for feminin lederadferd i Forsvaret?
(Master thesis, 2009)The Armed Forces top the list of the most male-dominated sectors in Norway when it comes to the number of male and female leaders. The purpose of this study has been to find out if the military get increased addition of ... -
Operasjon Atalanta: Maritime enheters adgang til maktmisbruk i en internasjonal politioperasjon
(Master thesis, 2010)Operation Atalanta – Legal use of force in an international maritime policing operation. The upsurge of pirate attacks off the coast of Somalia has been a cause for concern both for the United Nations and the European ... -
Ingen å miste: Er force protection basert på systematikk, erfaring eller tilfeldigheter?
(Master thesis, 2010)Military power is an instrument of the state to carry out tasks which require different tools or are too risky for other national bodies or instruments. There is an inherent tension between the need to deploy Norwegian ... -
Helhetlig tilnærming - et verdibegrep. En sammenligning mellom den politiske styringens og den militære profesjonens bruk av begrepet helhetlig tilnærming
(Master thesis, 2010)After the cessation of the Cold War, the nature of the conflicts in which the international community engages, has changed. Especially Western World countries tend to engage in internal post-conflict operations, with the ... -
Utviklingen av norske spesialstyrker: symbolikk eller militær nytteverdi?
(Master thesis, 2010)This thesis analyses the evolution of Norwegian Special Forces from 1998 to 2010 with a focus on the FSK/HJK, Norwegian Army Special Operations Commando (NORASOC). Since the deployment in support of operations in Kosovo ... -
Hybridkrig - militærteoriens Janusansikt? I hvilken grad kan hybridkrig som militærteoretisk begrep bidra til innsikt i pågående og fremtidige komplekse væpnede konflikter
(Master thesis, 2010)This thesis examines the theoretical construct of hybrid war, a newly introduced concept for rethinking modern complex conflicts. The study departs from the following research question: “How is hybrid war understood, and ... -
Bjørnen og løven. Russisk og georgisk bruk av militærmakt anno 2008
(Master thesis, 2010)This thesis aims at highlighting important military aspects of the war between Georgia and Russia in August 2008. This war is interesting because it’s the most recent example of conventional military power being used by a ... -
Strategisk langtidsplanlegging for Forsvaret: I skjæringspunktet mellom fag og politikk
(Master thesis, 2010)This master thesis seeks to explore how the long term defence planning (LTDP) of the Norwegian defence forces has been developed in the intersection between political- and professional military considerations in the period ... -
Pingvinens lange marsj - en målrettet vandring? Kom avviklingen av Luftforsvarets anti-sjøinvasjonsrolle som et resultat av strategisk planlegging?
(Master thesis, 2010)This study seeks to broaden the understanding of the strategic planning processes in the Norwegian armed Forces. By applying the same theoretical and methodological tools used in the study regarding the implementation of ... -
Kystvaktsamarbeidet Norge - Russland: En fortsettelse av politikken med andre midler?
(Master thesis, 2010)The title of the study “The coastguard cooperation Norway-Russia - continuing politics by other means?” gives an indication of the main focus, which is to investigate in what way and to what extent geopolitics have influenced ... -
Militær profesjonsetikk på fremmasj i Afghanistan
(Master thesis, 2010)This study emphasizes impacts the current operational context in Afghanistan implies on professional ethics for the Norwegian forces. The study shows that in contrast to earlier international operations, our officers in ... -
En komparativ studie av Norge og Danmark: frivillighet og beordring til internasjonale operasjoner - stykkevis og delt eller fullt og helt?
(Master thesis, 2010)This study deals with the transition to mandatory positing for Danish and Norwegian officers. In both countries, the end of the Cold War meant a stronger international role with deployments in conflict areas far from home. ... -
Hybridkrig - relevant for Forsvarets gjennomføring av landoperasjoner?
(Master thesis, 2010)The focus of this thesis addresses the emerging phenomenon known as Hybrid Warfare and its relevance to the Norwegian Armed Forces execution of land operations. This thesis is divided into two components. The first component ... -
Tales of the future: An exploration of intelligence dissemination, prediction and storytellling
(Master thesis, 2010)What characterises dissemination of intelligence? This thesis answers the question by studying intelligence dissemination as storytelling and prediction. It argues that the dissemination stage of the intelligence cycle ... -
Intelligence in complex conflicts - does intelligence provide decision-makers with relevant knowledge? With a case study on the Dutch operation in Uruzgan province, Southern Afghanistan
(Master thesis, 2010)The shift from ‘industrial wars’ to the contemporary paradigm of ‘war amongst the people’ has had enormous consequences for the theory, concepts and ideas about how contemporary wars (complex conflicts) are waged. What is ... -
Krigsskip mot pirater ved Afrikas horn. Er den sjømilitære tilstedeværelsen effektiv piratbekjempelse?
(Master thesis, 2010)The purpose of this thesis is to explore the naval anti-piracy results from 2008-2009, and analyse if naval presence can be considered effective anti piracy. This is done by exploring to what extend the naval forces have ... -
Effekttenkning - ønsketenkning eller realitet...? En studie av hvordan effekttenkning er implementert i den norske PRTen i Afghanistan
(Master thesis, 2010)Effects-based operations (EBO), effects-based approach to operations (EBAO) and effect based thinking as concepts are controversial. This thesis looks into how effect based thinking is integrated in planning, evaluation ...