Resilient Civilians

Myndighetenes tilnærming til ubåt-saken i Tromsø viser dessverre at de ikke stoler på befolkningen. Av: Gunhild Hoogensen Gjørv, professor ved UiT Norges arktiske universitet 3. mai inviterte Forsvarsdepartementet i samarbeid med Statsforvalteren i Troms og Finnmark, Direktoratet for strålevern og atomsikkerhet (DSA), Forsvarets operative hovedkvarter (FOH), Troms politidistrikt og Tromsø kommune til et digitalt og…

Last’s week election and its aftermath are confirming the breadth and depth of divisiveness in our not-so-United States, to the peril of the great experiment in self-governance the nation’s founders laid out nearly a quarter-millennium ago, and its current place in the pantheon of world powers. Over half the country is hoping a change in…

Koronaviruspandemien er sikkerhetsscenariet vi var minst forberedt på. Dette kan vi lære av. Av: Gunhild Hoogensen Gjørv, professor ved UiT Med mindre vi starter å tenke utenfor boksen for «tradisjonell sikkerhet», kan vi fortsette å bli tatt på senga. Selv om nasjonalstater er ansvarlige for sikkerhet, er de avhengige av sivile ressurser og motstandsdyktige befolkninger.…

The Army should manage its capabilities for competition in the moral dimension with the same rigor that it does for capabilities in the material dimension to succeed in conflict. By: Colonel Christopher Holshek, U.S. Army, Retired In war, moral factors account for three quarters of the whole; relative material strength accounts for only one quarter.…

Norsk sikkerhet krever en politikk i nord som adresserer bredt og inkluderer både dialog og infrastruktur for å redusere avstander fysisk og mentalt. Av: Gunhild Hoogensen Gjørv Nord-Norge består av en tredjedel av Norges fastlandsareal og dekker 80 prosent av landets havområder. De siste 60 årene har utviklingen og verdiskapningen i Nord-Norge vokst sterkere enn…

While many policymakers like to refer to ‘connecting the dots’ to derive accurate pictures of forthcoming events, this picture is highly inaccurate and unhelpful. In the case of hybrid threats, the dots are missing because they fall below the threshold, they look different due to deception or disinformation, or are impossible to understand due to…

Whether freedom’s just another word depends on those who use or abuse it. It cannot be doled out to us; we must take it, and all that goes with it. By: Christopher Holshek As editor of my high school newspaper, I interviewed our principal, Herbert Fliegner. Starting in the Hitler Youth, he was pressed, as…

The coronavirus pandemic is the security scenario we were least prepared for. While nation states are responsible for security, they depend highly upon civilian resources and resilient populations. This is a test for civil-military cooperation and requires a comprehensive approach. By: Gunhild Hoogensen Gjørv Just like the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse…

A common sense of service would make us better citizens, tempering our narcissist tendencies and helping us meet challenges we must inevitably face together. By: Christopher Holshek Over the past few years, every time I heard people thank me for my military service, I responded by asking them about their own careers. Some tell me…

The Association of the United States Army’s Institute of Land Warfare has published the 2019-20 Civil Affairs Issue Papers on “Integrating Civil Affairs.” Edited by ResilientCivilians senior civil-military advisor retired U.S. Army Civil Affairs Colonel Christopher Holshek, this sixth volume is a collection of five papers authored by various civil affairs (CA) professionals, as well…