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Abstract: An ad-hoc working group associated with the European Initiative for the Exchange of Young Officers was tasked to develop the SQF-MILOF.[1] Based on the EQF[2] and European officers’ career development principles, SQF-MILOF defines the qualification requirements and the learning outcomes for the education and training conducted during officers’ life cycle. In the validation stage,… Read more →
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Abstract: In today’s world, the challenge for military leaders is not the lack of data or information, but the management of a large amount of data and information. Due to the diversity and complexity, this quantity of data or information often cannot be evaluated by the commander and his staff with the required quality and… Read more →
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Abstract: Leader development includes obtaining certain competencies. For more internalised adoption of the officer’s role, it is necessary to raise cadets’ self-awareness and clarify future role expectations so cadets can identify and verify their future role. Several learning activities may help reveal one’s identity and develop such intrapersonal skills to achieve life-long self-directed development of… Read more →
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Abstract: Rather than weaken nation-states, globalization forces have contributed to expanding and hardening national government power around the globe. This dynamic, which has resulted in a global uptick in an authoritarian government, impacts how great power competition between the United States and China will play out over the 21st century. Each power’s response to globalization… Read more →
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Abstract: On the 16th October 1964, at 1500 hours local time, the People’s Republic of China became the 5th nation in the world to join the so-called nuclear powers club[1], successfully detonating a twenty-two-kiloton atomic fission bomb (‘Miss Qui’)[2] in the Taklamakan Desert. The astonishing fact is that Mao’s China managed to accomplish this feat… Read more →
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The Principal Officers Behind History’s Great Commanders David Zabecki (Ed.), (Naval Institute Press, 2 Vols., 2008). pp. 484. Source: amazon.com In attempting to shed light on some of the lesser dramatis personae of modern military history, Zabecki has assembled a collection of 28 essays covering 30 of modern military history’s lesser-known greats. As an exploratory… Read more →
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The Rise and Fall of Russia’s Strategic Nuclear Forces 1945–2000 Steven Zaloga, (New York, 2005). pp. 304. amazon.com Anyone familiar with the work of Steven Zaloga will know that one of Zaloga’s strong points is his command of technical details; 2005’s The Kremlin’s Nuclear Shield is no exception. This work narrates the development and deployment… Read more →
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Abstract: The nature and underlying causes of what is happening in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region have a long trajectory. While the international community began to hear about the protests in Hong Kong only a few years ago, the reality is that the tension between both parties goes back to Hong Kong’s roots, from… Read more →
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Abstract: Russia is the only non-NATO country among all Arctic neighbouring nations. It is uniquely placed, both in terms of the capacities it possesses and the challenges it faces while operating in the Arctic. The US, unlike Russia in the Arctic region, enjoys the support of the majority of the Arctic states. However, possessing the… Read more →
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