The Relationship Between Civilian and Military Leaders in Norway – Gap or Convergence? | Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies
ARTICLE ALERT! The Relationship Between Civilian and Military Leaders in Norway – Gap or Convergence? by Trygve Gulbrandsen. Read it open access, as always in SJMS: sjms.nu/articles/10.... #Civ-mil
30.10.2025 13:26 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Submission no. 500 at the Journal of Scandinavian Military Studies (SJMS) landed this morning!
We publish in the field of military studies: multidisciplinary, practice‑relevant, with Scandinavian roots and a global scope
All open access
Learn more about @sjms.bsky.social: sjms.nu/articles/10....
29.10.2025 14:14 — 👍 31 🔁 13 💬 0 📌 1
Publishing On Defence and Security | Centre for International and Defence Policy
Oct 9, 2025 | Podcast | Watch/listen to Episode 1 of 'Publishing On Defence and Security'. Listen on Youtube, Apple Podcasts and Spotify
Learn more about publishing in @sjms.bsky.social!
@sjasmith.bsky.social (editor of @defencestudies.bsky.social) and I had a pleasant chat about publishing in Military Studies with Queen's University's On Defence and Security Podcast series
www.queensu.ca/cidp/podcast...
10.10.2025 17:20 — 👍 8 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
Today, we discussed research in classified or restricted environments with 25 engaged PhD students. A few reflections:
1️⃣ Even in classified or restricted military environments, meaningful and ethical research is possible, though not without trade-offs.
16.09.2025 16:59 — 👍 13 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
Emotion Regulation Difficulties, Aggression, and PTSD Symptoms in Danish Treatment-Seeking Veterans | Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies
Article alert: "Emotion Regulation Difficulties, Aggression, and PTSD Symptoms in Danish Treatment-Seeking Veterans" by Ask Elklit and Natache Hedegaard Dahl. Read it open access and free to share and read! doi.org/10.31374/sjm...
08.08.2025 12:32 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
ARTICLE ALERT to everyone interested in the use and misuse of the concept of human security: "Operationalizing Human Security in NATO: The Blurring of Police and Military Boundaries and the Rise of Stability Policing" by Ayfer Genc Yilmaz (link in comment). #CIVMILSKY
07.08.2025 13:23 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Arctic Spillover? Military Signalling in the European Arctic Before and After the Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine | Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies
HOW TO COMPREHEND RUSSIAN ACTIVITY IN THE ARCTIC? Read this newly published, highly relevant SJMS-article by Karsten Friis continuing a discussion in the journal on the understanding of Russian activity in the Arctic (see links in comments): sjms.nu/articles/10....
06.06.2025 08:31 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
SJMS Notebook
We at @sjms.bsky.social not only have the nicest notebooks, but we also:
-Want your manuscripts in the broad field of military studies
-Exclusively publish open-access articles
Read more here: sjms.nu
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25.04.2025 14:06 — 👍 43 🔁 13 💬 0 📌 1
Screendump of an article on multinational mission command
🔔 New article: Mission command in a multinational context.
🧵on NATO's challenges in moving from describing mission command in written doctrine to actual practice.
The article is based on 33 interviews with commanders and senior staff officers. Open access @sjms.bsky.social: sjms.nu/articles/10....
22.04.2025 05:43 — 👍 25 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 2
Screenshot of the article: Multinational Mission Command: From Paper to Practice in NATO
Screenshot of the abstract of the article: Multinational Mission Command: From Paper to Practice in NATO
Quote form General Jim Mattis on the importance of leaving things out from your orders.
🔔 New article: Mission command in #NATO.
Mission command is challenging within national forces. The challenges multiply in NATO’s multinational setting. We identify the key friction points and offer ways to address them.
Our 🇸🇪/🇩🇰 venture is open access @sjms.bsky.social
sjms.nu/articles/10....
16.04.2025 13:09 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Integration af OCO teknologisk, organisatorisk og doktrinært i MDO | Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies
ARTICLE ALERT (open access and in Danish): Integration of Offensive Cyber Operations (OCO) into Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) strategy in the Danish Defence by Morten Bjerregaard Hansen. sjms.nu/articles/10....
07.03.2025 13:55 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
patrick star from spongebob squarepants is holding a hammer and a saw and says now what .
ALT: patrick star from spongebob squarepants is holding a hammer and a saw and says now what .
Response letters in #academia: a guide. And your inputs are welcome.
You worked hard to write that manuscript. It has now been returned with feedback from the editor and further detailed comments from the anonymous reviewers.
Now what?
A short editor's 🧵in part inspired by #ISA2025 discussions.
03.03.2025 13:47 — 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Russian Forecasting and Pre-emption: The Prelude to the Invasion of Ukraine | Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies
NEW ARTICLE in SJMS - analysing the Russian threat perception before the invasion in 2022: "Russian Forecasting and Pre-emption: The Prelude to the Invasion of Ukraine" by Amund Osflaten. Open access and free to download and share! sjms.nu/articles/10....
24.02.2025 07:49 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Deadline approaching: March 1st. Don't miss the call for abstract deadline for the second NATO in the Nordics conference in September in Oslo!
18.02.2025 09:01 — 👍 4 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
Intelligence and National Security
Volume 39, Issue 7 of Intelligence and National Security
Intelligence and National Security is now on BlueSky!
Our latest edition, Vol 39, No 7, 2024 is available here:
www.tandfonline.com/toc/fint20/3...
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09.02.2025 13:18 — 👍 46 🔁 27 💬 1 📌 1
Are you a PhD student in military studies, intelligence, or a similar field where classified data might be an issue?
This workshop in September, co-hosted with @forsvaretshogskole.bsky.social, may be of interest.
It's free, and you'll also get to participate in the NATO in the Nordics conference.
06.02.2025 18:27 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Research in Classified Environments
Methodological Challenges and Publication Strategies.
PhD workshop, SJMS/NDUC conference NATO in the Nordics 2025.
We are excited to announce that we will co-organise a PhD workshop on research in classified environments in mid-September, just before the NATO in the Nordics conference.
This workshop is for students who work with data that may be classified or could raise security concerns.
Bonus: It's free
30.01.2025 14:25 — 👍 31 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 0
ARTICLE ALERT: "Navigating Collaboration: Understanding Civil-Military Interactions in Swedish Total Defence From a Security Network Perspective" by Peter Tillberg, Lotta Victor Tillberg and Joakim Berndtsson. Open access and free to read! sjms.nu/articles/10....
#CivMilSky
29.01.2025 07:23 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
NEW ARTICLE on logistics: "Transformation in European Defence Supply Chains as Ukraine Conflict Fuels Demand" by Roland Hellberg and Martin Lundmark. sjms.nu/articles/10....
24.01.2025 13:37 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
You will get very rich and direct data over a cup of coffee.
However, issues with protecting informants arise when they speak off the cuffs, and operational security is added in military settings.
Five of us 'insiders' have shared our approaches via @sjms.bsky.social: sjms.nu/articles/10....
04.01.2025 12:23 — 👍 12 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 1
Individual and Societal Consequences of Military Service with Peter Bäckström – What Would Milton Friedman Say?
SJMS Talks · Episode
Ever wondered what the numbers say about the economic consequences of military service? Economist Peter Bäckström has studied the long-term labour market consequences for Swedish veterans deployed to Bosnia in the 1990s. Listen in this podcast episode of SJMS Talks. open.spotify.com/episode/55u2...
19.12.2024 13:19 — 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
CONFERENCE NEWS: The second NATO in the NORDICS conference is hosted in Oslo 2025. Please spread the news! sjms.nu/conference
09.12.2024 14:39 — 👍 11 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 2
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