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Waziristan - impact on the Taliban insurgency and the stability of Pakistan
(2006)This report takes a closer look at the struggles currently taking place in the Federal Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan, bordering with Afghanistan. It provides an overview of some of the militant factions who are ... -
"We have some planes..." - luftfarten som terrormål
(2008)Denne rapporten tar for seg luftfarten som terrormål med fokus på trender og utviklingstrekk etter 2001. En kort historisk gjennomgang av terroranslag mot luftfarten og en mer generell diskusjon om luftfartens attraktivitet ... -
A weakening transatlantic relationship? Redefining the EU-US security and defence cooperation
(2022-05-18)The aim of this article is to discuss how a weakening transatlantic relationship influences European defence cooperation and integration. It also asks how these observed patterns of weakening EU–US relations can be explained ... -
Weapons of mass destruction free zones in the Middle East
(2006)The Middle East is the only region in the world where weapons of mass destruction (WMD) have been used after 1945. There have been some efforts to establish weapon of mass destruction free zones (WMDFZ) in the region, but ... -
Weapons of mass instruction? - a preliminary exploration of the link between madrassas in Pakistan and militancy
(2009)This study conducts a preliminary investigation into the link between madrassas in Pakistan and Islamic militancy. Available literature is reviewed and pitted against findings from primary sources – such as interviews, ... -
Web Live, Virtual and Constructive (WebLVC)
(2016-06-18)Det er bestemt at Forsvarets systemportefølje skal følge tjenesteorienterte prinsipper. For å oppnå kostnadseffektiv trening og for å kunne utnytte simulering til støtte i operasjoner er det viktig at simuleringssystemer ... -
Web services and service discovery
(2008)This report is a result of collaboration between the three FFI projects P1086 Secure Pervasive SOA, P1085 SEMANTINI, and P1102 NORMANS R&D. The report describes various requirements that a service discovery solution for ... -
Web services i nettverk med begrenset datarate
(2006)Tjenesteorientert arkitektur (SOA) er identifisert som et av grunnprinsippene for Nettverksbasert Forsvar (NbF), og Web Services er i dag den vanligste teknologien for realisere SOA. Web Services muliggjør interoperabilitet ... -
Web-oriented architecture : network-based defence development made easier
(2009)Information is power. Network-based Defence is about leveraging this power to achieve more effective operations. New technologies are necessary, but so are organisational changes. Web-oriented Architecture (WOA) is an ... -
webSAF - front-end architecture and design
(2020-02-10)webSAF is an easy-to-use, web-based tool for simulation-supported, two-sided wargaming. It consists of a server that communicates with a graphical user interface (GUI) in the browser using WebSocket. It currently has ... -
webSAF -an easy-to-use, web-based graphical user interface for controlling semi-automated forces
(2019-09-16)Ved Forsvarets forskningsinstitutt (FFI) ser vi på komplekse problemstillinger relatert til krig-føring. Et av spørsmålene vi undersøker, er hvordan stridseffektiviteten i landoperasjoner kan økes. Som en del av dette ... -
Weeping in Modern Jihadi Groups
(2020-09-14)This article, using a wide range of primary sources, describes the practice of weeping (bukā) in contemporary jihadi groups. It shows that weeping is widespread and encouraged in militant Islamist groups such as al-Qaida ... -
What is audio-visual jihadi propaganda? - an overview of the content of FFIs jihadi video database
(2010)This report gives an overview of the content and organization of the database of jihadi propaganda videos compiled by FFI’s Terrorism Research Group. This, in turn, gives an impression of the kind of audiovisual jihadi ... -
When Insularity Becomes a Problem: The Literature on Jihadism in Jordan
(2020-02-07)This article offers a review of the literature on Jordanian jihadism. While excellent work has been done, particularly on the phenomenon’s history and ideologues such as Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi, several topics remain ... -
When Security Speech Acts Misfire: Russia and the Elektron Incident
(2009)In October 2005, the Russian trawler Elektron refused to be subjected to arrest when caught by the Norwegian coast guard fishing illegally in the Fisheries Protection Zone off the Svalbard archipelago. With two Norwegian ... -
When separatists become Islamists : the case of Chechnya
(2004)This report analyses the radicalisation and Islamisation of the Chechen separatist movement. Three developments have contributed to this radicalisation. Firstly, the 1994–96 war in Chechnya resulted in the personal ... -
When the noise goes on: received sound energy predicts sperm whale responses to both intermittent and continuous navy sonar
(2020-04-08)Anthropogenic noise sources range from intermittent to continuous, with seismic and navy sonar technology moving towards near-continuous transmissions. Continuous active sonar (CAS) may be used at a lower amplitude than ... -
"When we understand that slide, we'll have won the war" - peace support modelling with the use of the MARVEL tool
(2012-01-15)This report documents a study for the FFI project The Future Land Power, on the modelling of peace and stabilisation operations. The study was carried out in the period from June 2010 to August 2011, in collaboration with ... -
Why Putin went to war: ideology, interests and decision-making in the Russian use of force in Crimea and Donbas
(2016)Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea, and the country’s prominent role in instigating and supporting an anti-Kiev rebellion in Donbas, surprised the world. This study seeks to explain Russian behaviour in these two cases. ...