Mikkel Vedby Rasmussen
Biographic Data
| ID | 5423656 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mikkel Vedby Rasmussen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mikkel Vedby |
| FAMILY NAME | Rasmussen |
| SIGNATURE | RASMUSSEN M V |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Copenhagen |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1427-6211 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 94 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The case of Donald Rumsfeld: Leadership traps in national security
Taking its point of departure in Donald Rumsfeld’s second term as US Secretary of Defense (2001–2006), this article analyses the crisis of strategic leadership in Western national security. Three “traps” are identified that explain why Donald Rumsfeld ultimately was a failure as defence secretary and demonstrate the perils of national security governance. These traps are termed the inquisitor trap, the strong leader trap and the delegation trap. …
The Risk Society at War: Terror, Technology and Strategy in the Twenty-First Century
In the globalised world of the twenty-first century, security policy in Western societies is driven by a wish to prevent future threats from becoming reality. Applying theories of 'risk society' to the study of strategy, this book analyses the creation of a new approach to strategy. The author demonstrates that this approach creates new choices for policy-makers and challenges well-established truths within the study of security and strategy. He …
Bokspalte
What's the Use of It?’: Danish Strategic Culture and the Utility of Armed Force
The article uses theories of strategic culture to show why Denmark has come to regard the use of armed force in new ways following the end of the Cold War. It is argued that Danish strategic culture is constituted by a debate between ‘cosmopolitans’ and ‘defencists’ about the utility of armed force. The debate shows that a minor power possesses a certain ability to choose how to act on the world stage, and what means to use in doing so, and illus…
It Sounds Like a Riddle: Security Studies, the War on Terror and Risk
A research programme on `reflexive security' is emerging, as a number of students of international security are applying sociological insights of `risk society' to understand new discourses and practices of security. This research note maps the current achievements and future challenges of this emerging research programme on risk arguing that it offers a way to overcome the debate about whether to apply a `broad' or `narrow' concept of security; …
The history of a lesson: Versailles, Munich and the social construction of the past
The article investigates the concept of lessons in IR. By means of a constructivist critique of the ‘lessons literature’, the article analyses one of the most important of IR lessons: that of Munich. Examining how the Munich lesson came about, the article shows the praxeological nature of lessons and emphasises the need to study the history of lessons rather than the lessons of history. This approach shows that Munich is the end point of a consti…
Krigens fremtid: Clausewitz, Sun Tzu og revolutioner i militære forhold
Krigens fremtid defineres på den ene side af den vestlige, særligt amerikanske, revolution i militære forhold (RMA) og reaktionen på denne i form af asymmetriske strategier hos Vestens modstandere. Det er konklusionen i denne artikel, der anvender den kinesiske militære vismand Sun Tzu til som et ‘heuristisk brækjern’ til at forstå rationalet i fremtidens krig. RMA og de asymmetriske strategier mod den bryder nemlig grundlæggende med selve ration…
Turbulent Neighbourhoods: How to Deploy the EU's Rapid Reaction Force
(2002). Turbulent Neighbourhoods: How to Deploy the EU's Rapid Reaction Force. Contemporary Security Policy: Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 39-60
A Parallel Globalization of Terror: 9-11, Security and Globalization
Little research exists on how the conception of world order in terms of globalization defines security policy. The way the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, DC, on 11 September 2001 were understood highlights how globalization defines threats, and the policies adopted to deal with them, in the post-Cold War international order. This article utilizes three elements of the globalization discourse (globality, globalization and globalism)…
Reflexive Security: Nato and International Risk Society
What's the Use of It?’: Danish Strategic Culture and the Utility of Armed Force
The article uses theories of strategic culture to show why Denmark has come to regard the use of armed force in new ways following the end of the Cold War. It is argued that Danish strategic culture is constituted by a debate between ‘cosmopolitans’ and ‘defencists’ about the utility of armed force. The debate shows that a minor power possesses a certain ability to choose how to act on the world stage, and what means to use in doing so, and illus…
Reflexive Security: Nato and International Risk Society
It Sounds Like a Riddle: Security Studies, the War on Terror and Risk
A research programme on `reflexive security' is emerging, as a number of students of international security are applying sociological insights of `risk society' to understand new discourses and practices of security. This research note maps the current achievements and future challenges of this emerging research programme on risk arguing that it offers a way to overcome the debate about whether to apply a `broad' or `narrow' concept of security; …
A Parallel Globalization of Terror: 9-11, Security and Globalization
Little research exists on how the conception of world order in terms of globalization defines security policy. The way the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, DC, on 11 September 2001 were understood highlights how globalization defines threats, and the policies adopted to deal with them, in the post-Cold War international order. This article utilizes three elements of the globalization discourse (globality, globalization and globalism)…
The history of a lesson: Versailles, Munich and the social construction of the past
The article investigates the concept of lessons in IR. By means of a constructivist critique of the ‘lessons literature’, the article analyses one of the most important of IR lessons: that of Munich. Examining how the Munich lesson came about, the article shows the praxeological nature of lessons and emphasises the need to study the history of lessons rather than the lessons of history. This approach shows that Munich is the end point of a consti…
Turbulent Neighbourhoods: How to Deploy the EU's Rapid Reaction Force
(2002). Turbulent Neighbourhoods: How to Deploy the EU's Rapid Reaction Force. Contemporary Security Policy: Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 39-60
Reflexive Security: Nato and International Risk Society
Krigens fremtid: Clausewitz, Sun Tzu og revolutioner i militære forhold
Krigens fremtid defineres på den ene side af den vestlige, særligt amerikanske, revolution i militære forhold (RMA) og reaktionen på denne i form af asymmetriske strategier hos Vestens modstandere. Det er konklusionen i denne artikel, der anvender den kinesiske militære vismand Sun Tzu til som et ‘heuristisk brækjern’ til at forstå rationalet i fremtidens krig. RMA og de asymmetriske strategier mod den bryder nemlig grundlæggende med selve ration…
Turbulent Neighbourhoods: How to Deploy the EU's Rapid Reaction Force
(2002). Turbulent Neighbourhoods: How to Deploy the EU's Rapid Reaction Force. Contemporary Security Policy: Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 39-60
A Parallel Globalization of Terror: 9-11, Security and Globalization
Little research exists on how the conception of world order in terms of globalization defines security policy. The way the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, DC, on 11 September 2001 were understood highlights how globalization defines threats, and the policies adopted to deal with them, in the post-Cold War international order. This article utilizes three elements of the globalization discourse (globality, globalization and globalism)…
The history of a lesson: Versailles, Munich and the social construction of the past
The article investigates the concept of lessons in IR. By means of a constructivist critique of the ‘lessons literature’, the article analyses one of the most important of IR lessons: that of Munich. Examining how the Munich lesson came about, the article shows the praxeological nature of lessons and emphasises the need to study the history of lessons rather than the lessons of history. This approach shows that Munich is the end point of a consti…
It Sounds Like a Riddle: Security Studies, the War on Terror and Risk
A research programme on `reflexive security' is emerging, as a number of students of international security are applying sociological insights of `risk society' to understand new discourses and practices of security. This research note maps the current achievements and future challenges of this emerging research programme on risk arguing that it offers a way to overcome the debate about whether to apply a `broad' or `narrow' concept of security; …
Bokspalte
What's the Use of It?’: Danish Strategic Culture and the Utility of Armed Force
The article uses theories of strategic culture to show why Denmark has come to regard the use of armed force in new ways following the end of the Cold War. It is argued that Danish strategic culture is constituted by a debate between ‘cosmopolitans’ and ‘defencists’ about the utility of armed force. The debate shows that a minor power possesses a certain ability to choose how to act on the world stage, and what means to use in doing so, and illus…
The Risk Society at War: Terror, Technology and Strategy in the Twenty-First Century
In the globalised world of the twenty-first century, security policy in Western societies is driven by a wish to prevent future threats from becoming reality. Applying theories of 'risk society' to the study of strategy, this book analyses the creation of a new approach to strategy. The author demonstrates that this approach creates new choices for policy-makers and challenges well-established truths within the study of security and strategy. He …
The case of Donald Rumsfeld: Leadership traps in national security
Taking its point of departure in Donald Rumsfeld’s second term as US Secretary of Defense (2001–2006), this article analyses the crisis of strategic leadership in Western national security. Three “traps” are identified that explain why Donald Rumsfeld ultimately was a failure as defence secretary and demonstrate the perils of national security governance. These traps are termed the inquisitor trap, the strong leader trap and the delegation trap. …
Political science (9 works) · Law (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · International Relations and Foreign Policy (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Social science (4 works) · Terrorism (4 works) · Global Security and Public Health (3 works) · Globalization (3 works) · International security (3 works)