Browsing Articles by Author "Bukkvoll, Tor"
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The defence industry as a locomotive for technological renewal in Russia: are the conditions in place?
Bukkvoll, Tor; Malmlöf, Tomas; Makienko, Konstantin (2017)This article examines the extent to which the conditions for successful military to civilian technological spin-offs are in place in Russia. This is important because Russian authorities use the potential for such spin-offs ... -
East or West? : Ukraine's quandary
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The Emergence of Russian Private Military Companies: A New Tool of Clandestine Warfare
Bukkvoll, Tor; Østensen, Åse Gilje (2020-03-19)In recent years, the Russian private security and military company (PMSC) industry has evolved to serve the needs of both business clients as well as governments. Thus far, the ties between the Kremlin and the Russian PMSC ... -
Fighting on behalf of the state—the issue of pro-government militia autonomy in the Donbas war
Bukkvoll, Tor (2019-01-04)This study investigates the degree of autonomy the Ukrainian volunteer battalions had from the regular forces during the war in Donbas. The findings indicate that the degree of autonomy was high and that in particular, ... -
Hvordan Putin ble overbevist om å gå til krig
Bukkvoll, Tor (2023-05-02)Russlands angrep på Ukraina 24. februar 2022 sjokkerte store deler av verden. Putins misnøye med utviklingen i Ukraina og landets tilnærming til Vesten var velkjent, men de fleste trodde lenge at han ikke ville gå til ... -
Iron Cannot Fight - The Role of Technology in Current Russian Military Theory
Bukkvoll, Tor (2011)Contemporary Russian military theory is dominated by three schools of thought: the ‘traditionalists’, the ‘modernists’ and the ‘revolutionaries’. On the role of technology in future warfare, the traditionalists argue for ... -
Military Innovation Under Authoritarian Government – the Case of Russian Special Operations Forces
Bukkvoll, Tor (Taylor & Francis, 2015-08-26)Russian Special Forces saw significant changes to both organization and doctrine in the years after 2008. The special forces of the General Staff’s Main Intelligence Directorate were reduced in number, the organization’s ... -
The threat of war and domestic restraints to defence reform- how fear of major military conflict changed and did not change the Ukrainian military 2014-2019
Bukkvoll, Tor; Solovian, Volodymyr (2019-12-19)The annexation of Crimea and the Russia enabled rebellion in Donbas created a need for radical improvements of Ukrainian military capability. This study discusses how different, mostly domestic, reform drivers and reform ... -
War and the Willingness to Resist and Fight in Ukraine
Bukkvoll, Tor; Steder, Frank Brundtland (2023-12-05)This study explores the effects of Russia's use of military force on the Ukrainian willingness to fight and resist. We find assumptions from the theoretical literature on the willingness to fight of limited relevance. ... -
Why Putin went to war: ideology, interests and decision-making in the Russian use of force in Crimea and Donbas
Bukkvoll, Tor (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. ...