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Editor's Note

Asta Maskaliūnaitė

https://doi.org/10.1515/jobs-2016-0040

Pub. online: 31 Dec 2016 Type: Editorial

Open Access

Journal: Journal on Baltic Security Volume 2, Issue 2 (2016), pp. 4–5

If Men Define Situations as Real They Are Real in Their Consequences

Asta Maskaliūnaitė

https://doi.org/10.1515/jobs-2016-0039

Pub. online: 1 Jun 2016 Type: Book Review

Open Access

Journal: Journal on Baltic Security Volume 2, Issue 1 (2016), pp. 226–230

Celebrating Borderlands in a Wider Europe

Andriy Tyushka

https://doi.org/10.1515/jobs-2016-0038

Pub. online: 1 Jun 2016 Type: Book Review

Open Access

Journal: Journal on Baltic Security Volume 2, Issue 1 (2016), pp. 222–225

Learning from Iraq and Afghanistan: Four Lessons for Building More Effective Coalitions

Nathan White

https://doi.org/10.1515/jobs-2016-0037

Pub. online: 1 Jun 2016 Type: Research Article

Open Access

Journal: Journal on Baltic Security Volume 2, Issue 1 (2016), pp. 197–221

Abstract

Despite many tactical and operational successes by

brave military and civilian personnel, post-9/11 operations by U.S. led coalitions in Iraq and Afghanistan did not achieve their intended outcomes. Although many efforts are underway by discrete organizations within coalition countries to identify and learn their own lessons from these conflicts, comparatively less attention is paid to broader lessons for successful coalitions. Given that the U.S. and its allies will most certainly form coalitions in the future for a range of different contingency scenarios, these lessons are equally deserving of close examination. This article identifies four interrelated lessons from Iraq and Afghanistan that can be utilized to inform more effective coalition development and employment.

Challenges for Leading Multinational and Multicultural Military Units

Mirosław SMOLAREK

https://doi.org/10.1515/jobs-2016-0036

Pub. online: 1 Jun 2016 Type: Research Article

Open Access

Journal: Journal on Baltic Security Volume 2, Issue 1 (2016), pp. 183–196

Abstract

The paper deals with the opportunities and

challenges which might face a commander leading multinational and multicultural troops, especially in peacekeeping and peace support operations. Peacekeeping missions have had an international character since their beginning. Internationalization of operations provides legitimacy to a mission and greater international support. However the combined operation causes significant challenges, especially for commanders, who have to lead these types of military units. The paper presents the benefits as well as challenges which faces the international leader in multiethnic environment. The author, based on his own experience gained in international deployments, presents his views and suggestions regarding the aspects of commanding multinational and multicultural troops.

Russia's Hybrid War in Theory and Practice

Mirosław BANASIK

https://doi.org/10.1515/jobs-2016-0035

Pub. online: 1 Jun 2016 Type: Research Article

Open Access

Journal: Journal on Baltic Security Volume 2, Issue 1 (2016), pp. 157–182

Abstract

The warfare is evolving and it is confirmed by last

conflicts in which Russia was involved. They were asymmetric in nature and their objectives, developments, consequences in broader sense and end states have been a matter of research by many scholars. The nature of those conflicts is causing concerns and a question if there were randomly run or just perfectly synchronized operations? If so, should a hybrid war be considered a way of strategy and its objectives seen through the prism of the Russia’s interests? The answer to this question can be obtained after the evaluation of the theory and practice employed by the Russian Federation in the concept of hybrid war. This is the purpose of this article. The results of the research are presented by solving the following problem: What does the concept of the new generation warfare mean?

Determinants of Army Structures Development in the Context of Middle Sized Country Experience in Contemporary Tactical Operations

Leszek ELAK

https://doi.org/10.1515/jobs-2016-0034

Pub. online: 1 Jun 2016 Type: Research Article

Open Access

Journal: Journal on Baltic Security Volume 2, Issue 1 (2016), pp. 129–156

Abstract

Although a military organization is a special form of

institution, grouping people and resources for the special purposes of defence and fighting in general, it is influenced by the same rules and conditions that other organizations are. Considering the problems of land forces organizational structures in tactical operations it is important to refer to the theory of organization and management which may constitute a point of reference to properly devise and forming up of land forces structures assuming that such forces make up an organization – since this is a team of soldiers including their resources, shaped into an adequate structure and predestined to perform a definite task. The article is an attempt to reveal multiple mutual relations of tactical, technical and economical inventions inflicting structural transformation of the army in the context of the reality of a middle-sized country today.

The "Lessons Learned" Trap and How o Avoid It: Drawing from the Israeli Armoured Experience, 1948-1973

Damien O’CONNELL

https://doi.org/10.1515/jobs-2016-0033

Pub. online: 1 Jun 2016 Type: Research Article

Open Access

Journal: Journal on Baltic Security Volume 2, Issue 1 (2016), pp. 117–128

Abstract

The following essay explores some of the problems

with “lessons learned.” It offers a few tentative observations on the limitations and dangers of lessons. To illustrate these (but not necessarily prove them), it then looks at the experiences of the Israel Defence Forces, particularly its armoured forces, from 1948

to 1973. Finally, three recommendations discuss how military organizations might reduce the danger of lessons leading them astray.

NATO Multinational Brigade Interoperability: Issues, Mitigating Solutions and is it Time for a NATO Multinational Brigade Doctrine?

Mark Schiller

https://doi.org/10.1515/jobs-2016-0032

Pub. online: 1 Jun 2016 Type: Research Article

Open Access

Journal: Journal on Baltic Security Volume 2, Issue 1 (2016), pp. 102–116

Abstract

Multinational Brigade Operations involving NATO

and its European Partners are the norm in the post-Cold War Era. Commonplace today are Multinational Brigades, composed of staffs and subordinate units representing almost every NATO Country and Partner, participating in training exercises or actual operations in both the European and Southwest Asian Theatres.

Leadership challenges are prevalent for the Multinational Brigade Commander and his staff, especially those challenges they face in achieving an effective level of brigade interoperability in order to

conduct successful operations in NATO’s present and future operating environments. The purpose of this paper is twofold: to examine the major interoperability obstacles a multinational brigade commander and his staff are likely to encounter during the planning and execution of brigade operations; and, to recommend actions and measures a multinational brigade commander and his staff can implement to facilitate interoperability in a multinational brigade operating environment. Several key interoperability topics considered integral to effective multinational brigade operations will be examined and analysed to include understanding partner unit capabilities and limitations facilitated by an integration plan, appropriate command and support relationships, compatible communications, synchronized intelligence and information collection, establishing effective liaison, and fratricide prevention.

The paper conclusion will urge for a NATO land brigade doctrine considering doctrine’s critical importance to effective brigade command and control interoperability and the expected missions a land brigade will encounter in future NATO operating

environments as part of the NATO Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF).

The Commander-in-Chief in Command and Control System in the Republic of Poland

Malwina Ewa KOŁODZIEJCZAK

https://doi.org/10.1515/jobs-2016-0031

Pub. online: 1 Jun 2016 Type: Research Article

Open Access

Journal: Journal on Baltic Security Volume 2, Issue 1 (2016), pp. 89–101

Abstract

The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces in

the Republic of Poland is one of the main authorities in wartime. But, in Polish legal acts it is not completely clear when the Commander-in-Chief should be appointed. According to Polish law, the Commander-in-Chief shall be appointed in certain situations - for the duration of the war and (sometimes) in the martial law period. In this paper the author will describe these situations and analyse the provisions of his functioning in peace time and in war.

Also, it should be noted, that today in Poland decision-makers adopted some very important changes in the Act of 21 November 1967 - Universal duty to defend the Republic of Poland. These changes are to be basis for new rules for the functioning of the Commander-in-Chief and it is a result of the reform of the command and control system. But, the problem is that some parts of legislation were challenged in the Constitutional Court and the case is pending… Every single act of the packet might be not in accordance with the Act of Constitution.

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