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Political officers return in Russia’s military

2018-09-10 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

Russia is reintroducing political officers – zampolits – that bring back memories of political commissars from the USSR. The goal is to ensure patriotism and political unity behind president Putin’s line.

Filed Under: Army Tagged With: Military Leadership, Russia

Russian officers struggle with work-life balance

2018-09-04 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

Long work hours are a problem in the Russian military. But now initiatives are implemented to reduce the burden and make life more bearable for the Russian officers and their families.

Filed Under: Army Tagged With: Military Leadership, Russia

Civilians can know military stuff too

2018-08-02 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

Lately there has been a heated debate in War on the Rocks about Professional Military Education. It has turned into something of a spectacle where military and civilian teachers respectively argue that their own competencies are the most important. Tammy S. Schultz provides the sane perspective in her piece titled The Road Less Travelled: Both […]

Filed Under: Military strategy and politics Tagged With: Military Leadership

Forbidding soldiers to talk on the phone doesn’t improve security

2018-05-11 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

Russia introduces rules to limit phone use in the military. The purpose is to save money on phone bills and to improve information security. The consequence may well be the opposite – worse security and wasted money on bureaucratic control.

Filed Under: Cyber Warfare Tagged With: Military Leadership, Russia

Let’s hope insurgents don’t learn basic infantry skills

2018-02-28 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

Why is it that Western infantry has been so dominant in battle during counterinsurgency operations? The casualty numbers are exceptionally unequally distributed between Western forces and the insurgents. Conventional wisdom attributes a lot of importance on superior technology such as air superiority, surveillance systems, precision munitions, command-and-control systems, and night vision capabilities. But what if […]

Filed Under: Army Tagged With: Military Leadership

Is Finland setting the example for military leadership?

2017-10-15 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

Finland is getting positive attention for their approach to military leadership and the remarkable defense preparedness of the Finns.

Filed Under: Army Tagged With: Conscription, Denmark, Finland, Military Leadership, Military Reserve

Micromanagement or proper oversight?

2017-09-14 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

Insightful piece by Micah Zenko in Foreign Policy on the principal-agent relationship between politicians and the military: Yet, in every conversation I have had with civilian and military officials, I cannot recall a military officer — at any level — having received guidance or direction that was helpful in developing plans or in fulfilling a […]

Filed Under: Military strategy and politics Tagged With: Military Leadership, USA

Exercise scenarios tend to be a waste of time

2017-09-13 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

The fictional scenario for Zapad 2017 has gone viral as a joke on social media, and that has led The Wall Street Journal to write a piece on the made-up settings that militaries use for training: The U.S., its NATO allies, Russia and other militaries around the world use fictional scenarios to make their military […]

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Some thoughts on HMS Dragon’s FONOPS off Crimea

Last week, first deputy director of FSB and leader of Russia’s border control service Vladimir Kulishov made some noticeable comments to RIA Novosti about an incident in October 2020 involving the British destroyer HMS Dragon. The British warship crossed the territorial waters off Crimea in what must be characterized as a Freedom of Navigation Operation […]

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