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Out of the shadows—not just to protect the mission, but to help win the fight
Get PDFDenne masteroppgave undersøker rollen til kontraetterretning (CI) i å støtte taktiske
landoperasjoner under Large-Scale Combat Operations (LSCO). Mens CI er allment anerkjent som en
kritisk tilrettelegger for sikkerhet og operativ integritet, er dens innpassing i planlegging på taktisk
nivå—innen NATOs landstyrker—fortsatt begrenset og dårlig forstått. NATO-doktrinen presenterer
hovedsakelig CI som en defensiv funksjon, nært knyttet til militær sikkerhet (MILSEC), mens akademisk
litteratur krever en bredere tilnærming, inkludert offensive CI-funksjoner som bedrag, deteksjon og
nøytralisering.
Forskningen er basert på en kvalitativ casestudie av det nederlandske forsvaret, supplert med innsikt
fra norske CI-utøvere og taktiske offiserer. Ved å trekke på tolv intervjuer med etterretningsfagfolk og
stabsoffiserer, utforsker studien de organisatoriske, doktrinære og praktiske dimensjonene ved CI integrasjon.
I nederlandsk kontekst er CI strukturelt sentralisert innenfor det nederlandske forsvarets
etterretnings- og sikkerhetstjeneste (NLDDISS), noe som begrenser dens relevans og respons til
planlegging på taktisk nivå. Produktene er ofte strategiske av natur, og mangler spesifikasjoner som
trengs for planlegging på brigadenivå. MILSEC-offiserer—som fungerer som de facto CI representanter—mangler vanligvis CI-spesifikk opplæring og doktrinær forståelse, noe som reduserer
deres evne til å oversette CI-innsikt til planleggingsresultater.
Den norske modellen viser derimot en mer pragmatisk, om enn improvisert, tilnærming. Selv
om forsvarets sikkerhetsavdeling (FS) forblir reaktiv og løsrevet fra planprosesser, kombinerer Hæren
etterretnings- og CI-ansvar for å møte operative behov. CI Liaison Office (CILO)-konseptet, som ennå
ikke er integrert i Military Decision-Making Process (MDMP), legger til rette for utveksling av CI informasjon under multinasjonale øvelser, og kan støtte taktisk planlegging dersom det videreutvikles.
Oppgaven konkluderer med at effektiv CI-støtte til taktiske landoperasjoner krever doktrinær
klarhet, desentralisert ekspertise og et mer interaktivt forhold mellom de som produserer CI og de som
bruker det i planlegging. Viktige anbefalinger inkluderer å bygge inn CI på divisjons- eller brigadenivå,
reformere forholdet mellom NLDDISS og taktiske enheter, utvide CI-utdanning, institusjonalisere
offensive CI-roller og styrke CI-standardisering på NATO-nivå.
Denne master oppgaven gir et grunnlag for å identifisere og adressere gapet mellom CI doktrine og operasjonelt behov. Å bygge bro over dette gapet er avgjørende for troverdig
krigsberedskap i LSCO. Funnene som presenteres her tar sikte på å informere militær debatt og drive
de institusjonelle og doktrinære endringene som trengs for å styrke CI-integrasjon på taktisk nivåThis thesis investigates the role of counterintelligence (CI) in supporting tactical land
operations during Large-Scale Combat Operations (LSCO). While CI is widely recognised as a critical
enabler of security and operational integrity, its integration into tactical-level planning—within NATO
land forces—remains limited and poorly understood. NATO doctrine predominantly presents CI as a
defensive function, closely aligned with military security (MILSEC), whereas academic literature calls
for a broader approach, including offensive CI functions such as deception, detection, and
neutralisation.
The research is based on a qualitative case study of the Dutch armed forces, complemented
by insights from Norwegian CI practitioners and tactical officers. Drawing on twelve interviews with
intelligence professionals and staff officers, the study explores the organisational, doctrinal, and
practical dimensions of CI integration.
In the Dutch context, CI is structurally centralised within the Netherlands Defence Intelligence
and Security Service (NLDDISS), which limits its relevance and responsiveness to tactical-level planning.
Products are often strategic in nature, lacking the specifics needed for brigade-level planning. MILSEC
officers—who serve as de facto CI representatives—typically lack CI-specific training and doctrinal
understanding, reducing their ability to translate CI insights into planning outputs.
In contrast, the Norwegian model demonstrates a more pragmatic, if improvised, approach.
Although the Norwegian Defence Security Agency (NDSA) remains reactive and detached from
planning, the Norwegian Army fuses intelligence and CI responsibilities to meet operational demands.
The CI Liaison Office (CILO) concept, though not integrated into Military Decision-Making Process
(MDMP), facilitates CI information exchange during multinational exercises and could support tactical
planning if further developed.
The thesis concludes that effective CI support to tactical land operations requires doctrinal
clarity, decentralised expertise, and a more interactive relationship between those who produce CI
and those who apply it in planning. Key recommendations include embedding CI at the divisional or
brigade level, reforming the relationship between NLDDISS and tactical units, expanding CI education,
institutionalising offensive CI roles, and enhancing NATO-level CI standardisation.
This thesis provides a foundation for identifying and addressing the gap between CI doctrine
and operational need. Bridging that gap is essential for credible warfighting readiness in LSCO. The
findings presented here aim to inform military debate and drive the institutional and doctrinal changes
needed to strengthen CI integration at the tactical level
The Officer’s Path Podcast: Crafting a Future as a General Staff Officer
No full textIn the third episode, Finnish Lieutenant Senior Grade Ilkka Soininen is joined by Lieutenant Colonel Ruud Statucki from the Netherlands. In this episode, they discuss how they both ended up studying on the Norwegian Command and Staff Course in Oslo. The officers talk about adapting to working with other nationalities and cultures and reflect on how the changing security environment in Europe has affected the way they see international cooperation.
The episode was recorded on August 30, 2024.
Read more about the podcast at the FNDU website
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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