Special Operations from a Small State Perspective: Future Security Challenges

203 Pages·2017·7.602 MB·English

by  Gunilla Eriksson, Ulrica Pettersson (eds.)

New Security Challenges
Series Editor
George Christou
Department of Politics and International Relations
University of Warwick
Coventry
United Kingdom
The last decade has demonstrated that threats to security vary greatly in
their causes and manifestations and that they invite interest and demand
responses from the social sciences, civil society, and a very broad policy
community. In the past, the avoidance of war was the primary objective,
butwiththeendoftheColdWartheretentionofmilitarydefenceasthe
centrepieceofinternationalsecurityagendabecameuntenable.Therehas
been, therefore, a significant shift in emphasis away from traditional
approaches to security to a new agenda that talks of the softer side of
security,intermsofhumansecurity,economicsecurity,andenvironmen-
talsecurity.ThetopicalNewSecurityChallengesseriesreflectsthispress-
ing politicalandresearch agenda.
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GunillaEriksson(cid:129)UlricaPettersson
Editors
Special Operations
from a Small State
Perspective
Future Security Challenges
Editors
GunillaEriksson UlricaPettersson
DepartmentofMilitaryStudies DepartmentofMilitaryStudies
SwedishDefenseUniversity SwedishNationalDefenceUniversity
Stockholm,Sweden Stockholm,Sweden
NewSecurityChallenges
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CKNOWLEDGEMENT
WewouldliketoacknowledgetheSwedishSpecialOperationsCommand
forsupporting thisanthology.
First of all, we would like to thank Lt. Gen. Gyllensporre for fully
supporting thisbookprojectandalso forbeing anappreciated author.
In addition, we would like to express special gratitude to Mj. Gen.
Molin, Commander of the Swedish SOCOM, who not only took the
timetosharehiswisdomandparticipateintheprojectbutalsotoencou-
ragehisstaff to doso.
Further appreciation is addressed to all our Special Operation Forces
contributors fortheireffortto sharetheirexperiences.
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C
ONTENTS
1 Introduction 1
GunillaEriksson, UlricaPettersson, andUrbanMolin
2 Swedish SpecialOperations Forces: HowIt AllStarted 11
HansIlisAlm
3 Contemporary HybridWarfare andthe Evolution
of Special OperationsTheory 23
DennisGyllensporre
4 The Utilityof Special Operationsin Small States 43
RonnyModigs
5 Swedish SpecialOperations Forces ina Global SOF
Network—Challenges, Recommendations, andBenefits 65
MLIandJCA
6 Do weNeed toGet Smarter?Small StateLeadership 85
PBO
7 Managing Special Talents 105
CJEandJSI
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8 Does MethodologicalSuperiorityLead the Wayfor SOF
into Cyber Operations? 119
AAA
9 Irregular Warfare—AStrategy forSmall States? 141
MMI
10 Framing SOFIntelligence 155
AWE
11 Conclusion 179
UlricaPettersson, GunillaEriksson, andUrbanMolin
References 185
Index 193
C
ONTRIBUTORS
RemainingSOF Contributors
Duetostrictsecurityregulations,someofourSwedishSOFoperatorswill
publishunderanalias.Eventhoughthisisnotcommonpracticeandalso
extremely unusual in the academic field, we have chosen not to publicly
displaytheauthors’identitiestoprotectthemandtheirfamilies.However,
their knowledge and experiences are most important in the process of
academicoutreach.
Our intent in this anthology is to create synergy through a mix of
academic perspectives and the experiences of the practitioners (SOF
and/or former SOF practitioners) and in turn to challenge the potential
conflict scenarios in the complex security environment of today and
tomorrow.
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