A force of 2,500 German, Dutch and Norwegian troops and 1,000 vehicles is currently taking part in exercise Noble Jump 19 at the Zagan training range in Western Poland. Noble Jump is the main training opportunity for NATO’s Spearhead Force, the Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF), and testsContinue Reading
According to a recent confidential report: Both Iran and USA are playing with the red line. The US are pushing Iran to cross it but Iran is also flirting with the red line for internal political reasons, while at the same time not willing to cross it. If it isContinue Reading
This meeting was the first of its kind at NATO. “We discussed ways to improve our situational awareness, through better intelligence and information sharing,” said NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. NATO has already developed a strategy to counter hybrid warfare, as part of the biggest reinforcement of the Alliance’s collectiveContinue Reading
Narrative Strategies (NS), a US based think/ do tank has recently released its latest publication on narrative and its critical role in influence as an e-book/Kindle version. In fact, it specifically addresses the topic of Narrative Warfare, a term coined by Dr. Ajit Maan, one of the co-authors. This recentContinue Reading
– Defense and security communities world-wide generally agree that there is an urgent need to develop effective counter-terrorism narratives. We disagree. We do more than that. The Narrative Strategies Team goes beyond defensive maneuvers and counter messaging. We are not playing catch-up with our adversaries. We change the game entirely.Continue Reading
Jordskjelv og tsunamier er verdens mest ødeleggende naturkatastrofer. I løpet av de siste 15 årene har mer enn 680.000 mennesker omkommet av dette og flere hundre millioner blitt berørt. Av Jan Helge Kalvik Editor-In-Chief Jordskjelv kan ramme hvem som helst. Fem milliarder mennesker lever i land som er utsatt forContinue Reading
Oleg Elshin, vd för Terra Seismic och nominerad till Nobels fredspris, ger en så enkel förklaring av hur jordbävningar kan förutsägas att det kan förstås av alla som fortfarande kommer ihåg fysiklektionerna från skolan. Av Jan Helge Kalvik Editor-In-Chief Jordbävningar och tsunamier är de naturkatastrofer i världen som leder tillContinue Reading
Earthquakes and tsunamis are the world’s most damaging natural disasters. Just over the last 15 years, the death toll from these perils exceeds 680,000 people and hundreds of millions more were affected. Earthquakes can affect anyone. Five billion people live in earthquake and tsunami-prone countries and 200 million visit theseContinue Reading
“For seven decades, NATO has defended the way of life, and the values that underpin it: freedom, democracy, and the rule of law. This makes the job of SACEUR one of the most challenging – and most important – military positions in the world,” NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg saidContinue Reading
Our own notions of an ongoing, all-pervading and never-ending hybrid war are corroding our societies and political systems. Hybrid warfare has been in the limelight for more than a decade within the Western strategic discourse. During the last five years, this slippery concept has mostly been attached to the malign actionsContinue Reading