Contents
The Persistent Demand for Defense Institution Building
NATO’s Defense Institution Building and Projecting Stability: Current Priorities and Activities
Defense Institution Building in the U.S. Context
NATO’s Defense Institution Building in the Age of Hybrid Warfare
Defense Against Negative Strategic Communications
Defense Institution Building from Above? Lessons from the Baltic Experience
Ukraine’s Security Sector Reform: Is Ukraine Taking Western Advice?
Defence Institution Building in Ukraine at Peace and at War
Defense Education Enhancement Program in Ukraine: The Limits of NATO’s Education Program
Two of the papers in the Fall 2013 issue of Connections look into the legitimacy in the use of force in cyber space in three recent cyber attacks and the engagement between NATO/U.S. and Russia in the cyber domain. Another article treats the dilemma of transparency vs. confidentiality in the oversight of security agencies and the experience with parliamentary committees of inquiry in Germany. The fourth article examines the paradigm shift in the discourse on energy security, and the final one - the causes for vulnerability of Western youth to Al Qaeda's ideological recruitment.
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Since the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia has been unprecedented in its embrace of modern technology for the execution of its foreign policy and intelligence operation. This article examines Russia’s relationship to the internet and computer technology, beginning with the early 1990s and detailing the growth of technology’s popularity with the Rus...
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