Jens Ringsmose
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 2381994 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Jens Ringsmose |
| PRENOMES | Jens |
| SOBRENOME | Ringsmose |
| ASSINATURA | RINGSMOSE J |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Southern Denmark |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8040-2514 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 23 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 129 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 22 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2007 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2021 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Nato’s Next Strategic Concept
NATO has embarked on the renewal of its Strategic Concept, the latest version of which dates to 2010. The question is whether this opportunity for renewal will result in a broad and elastic set of core tasks that have wide political appeal but that are ill suited to meet NATO’s strategic challenges. The Alliance opted for political convenience in 2010, and since then the complexity of Alliance politics has only increased. Allowing political consi…
Hedging their bets? The case for a European pillar in Nato
President Donald Trump has adopted a critical position on NATO, raising concerns of an American abandonment of its obligations to Europe’s defence. The severity of Trump’s position is unusual, but some of his concerns are of long-standing and likely to be voiced in some form by his successor in the White House. American criticism and equivocation has led the European allies to engage in various forms of hedging. Some of these strategies are desig…
Prestige-seeking small states
In this article we broaden the conventional understanding of prestige and show that prestige-seeking played a major role in the Danish and Norwegian decisions to provide military support to post-Cold War US-led wars. Both countries made costly military contributions in the hope of increasing their standing and prestige in Washington. Both governments regarded prestige as a form of soft power, which they could later convert into access, influence,…
We’re America, Bitch!”
Artiklen argumenterer for, at den uforudsigelighed, der har omgærdet USA’s udenrigs- og sikkerhedspolitiske kurs siden valget af Donald J. Trump som amerikansk præsident, ikke forsvinder foreløbig, og at den vil have stor betydning for NATO. Trump forstærker presset på Europa i forhold til byrdedeling ligesom det amerikanske lederskab i alliancen vil være for nedadgående. NATO-Europa forventes at påtage sig et større ansvar, især i forhold til te…
Victim of its own success
Cyber-bombing Isis
It has become a conventional wisdom in strategic studies that the development and use of cyber weapons should be kept secret, as the effectiveness of these tools is dependent on opponents being unaware of a particular cyber weapon’s characteristics. Why, then, has the US military repeatedly publicized its cyber operations against ISIS in Syria and Iraq? Why reveal what is supposedly better conducted in the dark? In this essay, we provide four ans…
The Nato Response Force
With much fanfare, NATO declared its rapid reaction force—the NATO Response Force (NRF)—an Initial Operational Capability in 2004. This article addresses four questions: Where did the NRF come from? What does it look like in 2017? What have been the major obstacles for the NRF fulfilling its promises? And where is the NRF likely to go? The article holds two main arguments. First, due to inadequate fill-rates and disagreements as to the force’s op…
Now for the Hard Part
The Alliance’s success in adapting its deterrence posture has brought into focus a range of more complex challenges
Conflict in Cyber Space
Strategic Narratives, Public Opinion and War
This volume explores the way governments endeavoured to build and maintain public support for the war in Afghanistan, combining new insights on the effects of strategic narratives with an exhaustive series of case studies. In contemporary wars, with public opinion impacting heavily on outcomes, strategic narratives provide a grid for interpreting the why, what and how of the conflict. This book asks how public support for the deployment of milita…
Drone warfare and morality in riskless war
In this article, we examine the more or less instinctive uneasiness felt towards the use of armed drones by many scholars, policy-makers and military personnel. How is it, we ask, that many people – including members of the armed forces – acknowledge that armed drones offer an expedient and legally defensible solution to pressing security challenges and yet feel uncomfortable about them? The article's main argument is that much of the criticism o…
Size and reputation – why the USA has valued its ‘special relationships’ with Denmark and the UK differently since 9/11
In Denmark, Afghanistan is worth dying for
Much to their own surprise, successive Danish governments have succeeded in maintaining the highest level of public support among the nations contributing to the NATO mission in Afghanistan, while suffering the highest number of fatalities per capita. We explain this puzzle in a parsimonious fashion manner using a novel analytical framework derived from elite-competition theory, the event-driven school and the literature on strategic narratives. …
Den medie-militære relation mellem kontinuitet og nybrud
The relationship between the military and the media has always been characterized by conflict and interdependency. However, during the past decade the interaction between these two institutions has changed markedly as a result of new types of media and a growing military engagement in irregular conflicts. Building on existing research, this article traces how these changes in the media-military relationship's primary contexts have affected the de…
Balancing or Bandwagoning? Europe's Many Relation s with the United States
As framed here, the key question regarding the larger debate about the European approach(es) to the United States after the end of the Cold War is: are the Europeans bandwagoning or balancing? And in that context, how should the development of the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) be interpreted? Both articles provide valuable insights into the dynamics of transatlantic relations, yet they both miss important (although different) parts of…
Investing in Fighters and Alliances
In the spring of 1975 Norway and Denmark were faced with the choice of how to replace their aging fleets of fighter jets. Together with Belgium and the Netherlands, the two Nordic countries had established a buyers' consortium to ensure NATO standardization and a strong bargaining position vis-a-vis the potential suppliers; hence Copenhagen and Oslo were in very similar situations. As the final decision was about to be made, three candidate plane…
Shaping public attitudes towards the deployment of military power
This article seeks to explain variations in public support for the deployment of military troops to Afghanistan by means of the strategic narratives employed by national governments. Focusing on the UK, Canada, the Netherlands and Denmark, we argue that strong narratives about the why-what-and-how of overseas military missions increase the likelihood of popular support, while weak story lines are likely to result in a souring public opinion envir…
Nato Burden-Sharing Redux
Since the end of the Cold War, the debates about NATO burden-sharing have changed considerably, yet descriptions of the basic burden-sharing dynamics have changed little since the Cold War era. This article shows that burden-sharing disputes remain a basic alliance problem, but they have changed fundamentally since 1989. The most salient burden-sharing disputes are worse today, illustrated most profoundly by experiences in Afghanistan. This artic…
Norden, Europa eller USA? De udenrigspolitiske overvejelser i forbindelse med købet af de danske F-16-fly
In the coming decade Denmark will initiate the replacement of its current fleet of F-16 fighters. In the spring of 2009 most indicators suggest that politicians will have a choice between one of three options: the American F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) and F-18 Super Hornet, produced by Lockheed Martin and Boing respectively, and the Swedish Saab JAS 39 Gripen. Denmark is thus on the verge of taking the first step in a process that is broadly s…
Paying for Protection
Since the creation of the Atlantic Alliance in 1949, the Alliance's minor partners have persistently spent a smaller share of their Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on military measures than their larger brothers-in-arms do. Taking my cue from collective goods theory, I examine the factors shaping the armament behaviour and military spending patterns of the smaller allies. The article's main theoretical argument is that the smallest among allies tend…
When Great Powers Lose Small Wars
Ivan Arreguin-Toft, How the Weak Win Wars. A Theory of Asymmetric Conflict (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005), 250pp, ISBN: 13 978-0-521-54869-4 (Pbk). Andrew Mack, “Why Big Nations Lose
Why Are Revisionist States Revisionist? Reviving Classical Realism as an Approach to Understanding International Change
Global Security Governance
Nato Burden-Sharing Redux
Since the end of the Cold War, the debates about NATO burden-sharing have changed considerably, yet descriptions of the basic burden-sharing dynamics have changed little since the Cold War era. This article shows that burden-sharing disputes remain a basic alliance problem, but they have changed fundamentally since 1989. The most salient burden-sharing disputes are worse today, illustrated most profoundly by experiences in Afghanistan. This artic…
In Denmark, Afghanistan is worth dying for
Much to their own surprise, successive Danish governments have succeeded in maintaining the highest level of public support among the nations contributing to the NATO mission in Afghanistan, while suffering the highest number of fatalities per capita. We explain this puzzle in a parsimonious fashion manner using a novel analytical framework derived from elite-competition theory, the event-driven school and the literature on strategic narratives. …
Paying for Protection
Since the creation of the Atlantic Alliance in 1949, the Alliance's minor partners have persistently spent a smaller share of their Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on military measures than their larger brothers-in-arms do. Taking my cue from collective goods theory, I examine the factors shaping the armament behaviour and military spending patterns of the smaller allies. The article's main theoretical argument is that the smallest among allies tend…
Why Are Revisionist States Revisionist? Reviving Classical Realism as an Approach to Understanding International Change
Prestige-seeking small states
In this article we broaden the conventional understanding of prestige and show that prestige-seeking played a major role in the Danish and Norwegian decisions to provide military support to post-Cold War US-led wars. Both countries made costly military contributions in the hope of increasing their standing and prestige in Washington. Both governments regarded prestige as a form of soft power, which they could later convert into access, influence,…
Hedging their bets? The case for a European pillar in Nato
President Donald Trump has adopted a critical position on NATO, raising concerns of an American abandonment of its obligations to Europe’s defence. The severity of Trump’s position is unusual, but some of his concerns are of long-standing and likely to be voiced in some form by his successor in the White House. American criticism and equivocation has led the European allies to engage in various forms of hedging. Some of these strategies are desig…
The Nato Response Force
With much fanfare, NATO declared its rapid reaction force—the NATO Response Force (NRF)—an Initial Operational Capability in 2004. This article addresses four questions: Where did the NRF come from? What does it look like in 2017? What have been the major obstacles for the NRF fulfilling its promises? And where is the NRF likely to go? The article holds two main arguments. First, due to inadequate fill-rates and disagreements as to the force’s op…
Size and reputation – why the USA has valued its ‘special relationships’ with Denmark and the UK differently since 9/11
Investing in Fighters and Alliances
In the spring of 1975 Norway and Denmark were faced with the choice of how to replace their aging fleets of fighter jets. Together with Belgium and the Netherlands, the two Nordic countries had established a buyers' consortium to ensure NATO standardization and a strong bargaining position vis-a-vis the potential suppliers; hence Copenhagen and Oslo were in very similar situations. As the final decision was about to be made, three candidate plane…
Victim of its own success
Cyber-bombing Isis
It has become a conventional wisdom in strategic studies that the development and use of cyber weapons should be kept secret, as the effectiveness of these tools is dependent on opponents being unaware of a particular cyber weapon’s characteristics. Why, then, has the US military repeatedly publicized its cyber operations against ISIS in Syria and Iraq? Why reveal what is supposedly better conducted in the dark? In this essay, we provide four ans…
Now for the Hard Part
The Alliance’s success in adapting its deterrence posture has brought into focus a range of more complex challenges
Drone warfare and morality in riskless war
In this article, we examine the more or less instinctive uneasiness felt towards the use of armed drones by many scholars, policy-makers and military personnel. How is it, we ask, that many people – including members of the armed forces – acknowledge that armed drones offer an expedient and legally defensible solution to pressing security challenges and yet feel uncomfortable about them? The article's main argument is that much of the criticism o…
Norden, Europa eller USA? De udenrigspolitiske overvejelser i forbindelse med købet af de danske F-16-fly
In the coming decade Denmark will initiate the replacement of its current fleet of F-16 fighters. In the spring of 2009 most indicators suggest that politicians will have a choice between one of three options: the American F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) and F-18 Super Hornet, produced by Lockheed Martin and Boing respectively, and the Swedish Saab JAS 39 Gripen. Denmark is thus on the verge of taking the first step in a process that is broadly s…
When Great Powers Lose Small Wars
Ivan Arreguin-Toft, How the Weak Win Wars. A Theory of Asymmetric Conflict (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005), 250pp, ISBN: 13 978-0-521-54869-4 (Pbk). Andrew Mack, “Why Big Nations Lose
Global Security Governance
Why Are Revisionist States Revisionist? Reviving Classical Realism as an Approach to Understanding International Change
Global Security Governance
When Great Powers Lose Small Wars
Ivan Arreguin-Toft, How the Weak Win Wars. A Theory of Asymmetric Conflict (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005), 250pp, ISBN: 13 978-0-521-54869-4 (Pbk). Andrew Mack, “Why Big Nations Lose
Norden, Europa eller USA? De udenrigspolitiske overvejelser i forbindelse med købet af de danske F-16-fly
In the coming decade Denmark will initiate the replacement of its current fleet of F-16 fighters. In the spring of 2009 most indicators suggest that politicians will have a choice between one of three options: the American F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) and F-18 Super Hornet, produced by Lockheed Martin and Boing respectively, and the Swedish Saab JAS 39 Gripen. Denmark is thus on the verge of taking the first step in a process that is broadly s…
Paying for Protection
Since the creation of the Atlantic Alliance in 1949, the Alliance's minor partners have persistently spent a smaller share of their Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on military measures than their larger brothers-in-arms do. Taking my cue from collective goods theory, I examine the factors shaping the armament behaviour and military spending patterns of the smaller allies. The article's main theoretical argument is that the smallest among allies tend…
Nato Burden-Sharing Redux
Since the end of the Cold War, the debates about NATO burden-sharing have changed considerably, yet descriptions of the basic burden-sharing dynamics have changed little since the Cold War era. This article shows that burden-sharing disputes remain a basic alliance problem, but they have changed fundamentally since 1989. The most salient burden-sharing disputes are worse today, illustrated most profoundly by experiences in Afghanistan. This artic…
Shaping public attitudes towards the deployment of military power
This article seeks to explain variations in public support for the deployment of military troops to Afghanistan by means of the strategic narratives employed by national governments. Focusing on the UK, Canada, the Netherlands and Denmark, we argue that strong narratives about the why-what-and-how of overseas military missions increase the likelihood of popular support, while weak story lines are likely to result in a souring public opinion envir…
Den medie-militære relation mellem kontinuitet og nybrud
The relationship between the military and the media has always been characterized by conflict and interdependency. However, during the past decade the interaction between these two institutions has changed markedly as a result of new types of media and a growing military engagement in irregular conflicts. Building on existing research, this article traces how these changes in the media-military relationship's primary contexts have affected the de…
Balancing or Bandwagoning? Europe's Many Relation s with the United States
As framed here, the key question regarding the larger debate about the European approach(es) to the United States after the end of the Cold War is: are the Europeans bandwagoning or balancing? And in that context, how should the development of the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) be interpreted? Both articles provide valuable insights into the dynamics of transatlantic relations, yet they both miss important (although different) parts of…
Investing in Fighters and Alliances
In the spring of 1975 Norway and Denmark were faced with the choice of how to replace their aging fleets of fighter jets. Together with Belgium and the Netherlands, the two Nordic countries had established a buyers' consortium to ensure NATO standardization and a strong bargaining position vis-a-vis the potential suppliers; hence Copenhagen and Oslo were in very similar situations. As the final decision was about to be made, three candidate plane…
In Denmark, Afghanistan is worth dying for
Much to their own surprise, successive Danish governments have succeeded in maintaining the highest level of public support among the nations contributing to the NATO mission in Afghanistan, while suffering the highest number of fatalities per capita. We explain this puzzle in a parsimonious fashion manner using a novel analytical framework derived from elite-competition theory, the event-driven school and the literature on strategic narratives. …
Strategic Narratives, Public Opinion and War
This volume explores the way governments endeavoured to build and maintain public support for the war in Afghanistan, combining new insights on the effects of strategic narratives with an exhaustive series of case studies. In contemporary wars, with public opinion impacting heavily on outcomes, strategic narratives provide a grid for interpreting the why, what and how of the conflict. This book asks how public support for the deployment of milita…
Drone warfare and morality in riskless war
In this article, we examine the more or less instinctive uneasiness felt towards the use of armed drones by many scholars, policy-makers and military personnel. How is it, we ask, that many people – including members of the armed forces – acknowledge that armed drones offer an expedient and legally defensible solution to pressing security challenges and yet feel uncomfortable about them? The article's main argument is that much of the criticism o…
Size and reputation – why the USA has valued its ‘special relationships’ with Denmark and the UK differently since 9/11
Conflict in Cyber Space
Cyber-bombing Isis
It has become a conventional wisdom in strategic studies that the development and use of cyber weapons should be kept secret, as the effectiveness of these tools is dependent on opponents being unaware of a particular cyber weapon’s characteristics. Why, then, has the US military repeatedly publicized its cyber operations against ISIS in Syria and Iraq? Why reveal what is supposedly better conducted in the dark? In this essay, we provide four ans…
The Nato Response Force
With much fanfare, NATO declared its rapid reaction force—the NATO Response Force (NRF)—an Initial Operational Capability in 2004. This article addresses four questions: Where did the NRF come from? What does it look like in 2017? What have been the major obstacles for the NRF fulfilling its promises? And where is the NRF likely to go? The article holds two main arguments. First, due to inadequate fill-rates and disagreements as to the force’s op…
Now for the Hard Part
The Alliance’s success in adapting its deterrence posture has brought into focus a range of more complex challenges
Prestige-seeking small states
In this article we broaden the conventional understanding of prestige and show that prestige-seeking played a major role in the Danish and Norwegian decisions to provide military support to post-Cold War US-led wars. Both countries made costly military contributions in the hope of increasing their standing and prestige in Washington. Both governments regarded prestige as a form of soft power, which they could later convert into access, influence,…
We’re America, Bitch!”
Artiklen argumenterer for, at den uforudsigelighed, der har omgærdet USA’s udenrigs- og sikkerhedspolitiske kurs siden valget af Donald J. Trump som amerikansk præsident, ikke forsvinder foreløbig, og at den vil have stor betydning for NATO. Trump forstærker presset på Europa i forhold til byrdedeling ligesom det amerikanske lederskab i alliancen vil være for nedadgående. NATO-Europa forventes at påtage sig et større ansvar, især i forhold til te…
Victim of its own success
Hedging their bets? The case for a European pillar in Nato
President Donald Trump has adopted a critical position on NATO, raising concerns of an American abandonment of its obligations to Europe’s defence. The severity of Trump’s position is unusual, but some of his concerns are of long-standing and likely to be voiced in some form by his successor in the White House. American criticism and equivocation has led the European allies to engage in various forms of hedging. Some of these strategies are desig…
Nato’s Next Strategic Concept
NATO has embarked on the renewal of its Strategic Concept, the latest version of which dates to 2010. The question is whether this opportunity for renewal will result in a broad and elastic set of core tasks that have wide political appeal but that are ill suited to meet NATO’s strategic challenges. The Alliance opted for political convenience in 2010, and since then the complexity of Alliance politics has only increased. Allowing political consi…
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