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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"military doctrine"”.
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Russia's New Military Doctrine: Blueprint For a Renewed Threat
This thesis examines various aspects of Russian military and security policy as a result of the adoption of Russia's military doctrine in November 1993. Tracing the development of Soviet military strategy and doctrine from the late nineteen seventies, it argues that the Russian military doctrine …
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Asymmetry of will : the effect of religious radicalism on state military doctrine
How is a state's military doctrine affected by the presence of radical religious ideology in its military? Using analysis of satellite imagery, recent military exercises, and a series of source interviews, I examine the evolution of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps since the 1979 Islamic …
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The politics of innovative military doctrine : the U.S. Navy and fleet ballistic missiles
… provoked innovative changes in U.S. nuclear doctrine. These cases of innovative and stagnant doctrine are compared and used to test the explanatory power of three competing theories of the sources of innovative military doctrine. The three theories hypothesize independent, explanatory roles …
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'When the people are made the enemy': Human Rights, Military Doctrine and the Path to Atrocity in Vietnam and El Salvador
… civilians in each war often bore the brunt of military operations designed to defeat the leftist insurgencies that had erupted in these countries. This thesis will examine why soldiers committed such war crimes in Vietnam and El Salvador. Inextricably linked by the presence of the United …
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Russia's Nuclear Doctrine For the Post-Cold War Era
… it must continue to construct and maintain a military force that is unrivaled in Eurasia. Leaders in Moscow believe that a strong military force, backed by a credible nuclear warfighting capability, provides the essential means for exercising political and military power throughout the world. …
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First War Syndrome : military culture, professionalization, and counterinsurgency doctrine
… was a persistent and important challenge to military organizations in the second half of the 20th century and seems likely to continue to pose a challenge in the 21st century. This makes understanding how military organizations respond to this challenge both an important policy question and a …
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Nuclear Forces and the Geopolitical Objectives of the People's Republic of China
… for hegemony in the region. Chinese nuclear doctrine is designed to support expansion of China's influence. Improvements in China's nuclear weapons arsenal demonstrate how China is developing the capacity to meet the needs of its geopolitical objects and its military doctrine. Case studies …
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Armed forces, states and threats : civil-military institutions and military power in modern democracies
… questions preoccupying political scientists, military officers and policymakers alike are how should and how do political leaders interact with military professionals? This thesis argues that historic patterns of civil-military relations underlay distinct national defense policymaking …
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ESCALATE TO DE-ESCALATE: SPECULATION ON RUSSIAN NUCLEAR STRATEGY
… the question through analysis of official doctrine, statements, nuclear capabilities and military exercises of the Russian Federation following the Cold War. The Russian Federation develops weapons for the employment of nonstrategic nuclear weapons and exercises the use of nonstrategic …
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Manhunting : a methodology for finding persons of national interest
… The nature of today's threats call for the U.S. military to change from finding, fixing, and destroying the enemy's forces to identifying, locating and capturing rogue individuals in order to destroy networks. To counter such threats, the USG will have to quickly and efficiently identify and find …
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Ancient Chinese Strategic Culture and Its Implications For Chinese Cyber War Doctrine
… China demonstrates the many evolutions of its military doctrine, and now, as China continues to expand and grow in power, they are the best indicator of how China will act in a military confrontation. The information age continues to evolve and progress and cyber forces are becoming a staple of …
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Behavioral representation of military tactics for single-vehicle autonomous rotorcraft via statecharts
… helicopters suitable for integration into military operations as reconnaissance platforms. These rotorcraft, however, require ground-based human controllers varying in number based on the size and complexity of the system controlled. The automation these platforms have achieved is limited …
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The military lens : doctrinal differences, misperception, and deterrence failure in Sino-American relations
… different strategic situations, histories, and military cultures can have dramatically different beliefs about the nature of effective military doctrine, strategy, and capabilities. This dissertation argues that when such doctrines-or "theories of victory"-differ across states, misperceptions …
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The influence of regional conflicts and military reform on the 2010 and 2014 Military Doctrines of the Russian Federation: an analysis of the development and current force posture of the Russian conventional ground forces
The 2010 and 2014 Military Doctrines of the Russian Federation, as planning documents for the armed forces, have been influenced and guided, both directly and indirectly, by the recent regional conflicts in Georgia and Crimea, as well as by the ongoing ‘New Look’ military reforms. The perceived …
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Riders on the Storm: American Exceptionalism, Masculinity, and Frontierism in the 28th Division “Over There,” 1917-18
… insufficiencies were by-products of American military doctrine of the time being dominated by General John Pershing’s ideas of open warfare, aspects of American exceptionalism, and tactics of rifleman adaptability that were seen on past frontiers. Upon arrival in France, the 28<sup>th</sup> …
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Game theoretic methods for networked sensors and dynamic spectrum access
… objectives but can coordinate, according to the military doctrine of Network Enabled Operations. The result is a flexible, robust model for missile deflection for advanced naval groups. Next, the problem of cooperative environmental monitoring and communication in energy-constrained wireless …
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Chinese Nuclear Policy
… of the People's Liberation Army and China's core military strategies of active defense and anti-access/area denial. Chinese nuclear policy will play a pivotal role in the future of China as it struggles to reduce the military superiority of the United States in East Asia. Innovative tactical …
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Modeling, simulation and visualization of stability and support operations using coevolution: Concepts and environment
Current military simulations focus on high resolution, conventional warfare models based on well-established military doctrine. These systems allow commanders and soldiers to investigate friendly and enemy courses-of-action (COAs) that have been created by military commanders and their analysts. …
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Factors in the spiritual preparation and motivation of Muslim armies
… factors affecting the performance of the Muslim military in five important battles fought during the first two decades of Islam (2/624-16/638). The study comprises an introduction, seven central chapters, and a conclusion (an Arabic-English glossary is placed at the end of the study). The first …
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Military media machine: how the British military communicated Afghanistan at home
Military Media Machine is an investigation into the media management structure, and the increasingly dynamic communication processes, developed and implemented by the UK military. It explores – rather than explains – the proliferation in military media facilitation within defence, at a time when …
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