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
The Winter 2016 issue of Connections presents original articles on Russia's hybrid warfare toolset and its Soviet predecessors, the crisis in Ukraine, caused by the annexation of Crimea and the Kremlin-backed separatist forces in South-Eastern Ukraine, the enduring validity of Clausewitz's "On War" for modern conflict, and a review of university programs in intelligence studies with discussions of their applicability to the needs of Germany.
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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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