16th edition of the International Scientific ConferenceDefense Resources Management in the 21st Century |
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ELEMENTS OF SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY IN NATO MEMBER COUNTRIES
ANTONOAIE Cristina, University Lecturer, PhD* CODREANU Aura, Associate Professor, PhD* *Regional Department of Defense Resources Management Studies – NATO Partnership Training and Education Centre,Brasov,Romania |
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| The Human Development Reports (HDR) are publications of the United Nations Development Programme. Each year the HDR is ranking more than 180 countries according to the Human Development Index (HDI). This is a composite index comprising 3 dimensions – Life expectancy index, Education index, and GNI index. Among the data from the HDR 2020 we can find, as part of the Social sustainability, the Military expenditure (as percentage of the GDP), and the Ratio of education and health expenditure to military expenditure. We took into consideration for this paper also one of the indices from the Economic sustainability – the Research and Development expenditure (as percentage of the GDP). We have analyzed this 3 indices for the NATO Member Countries. | |
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HDI; military expenditures; ratio of education and health expenditure to military expenditure; research and development expenditure. |
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SMART CITY RESILIENCE: A SYSTEM-OF-SYSTEMS APPROACH
BOTEZATU Ulpia-Elena* BUCOVEȚCHI Olga, Associate professor, PhD** *Romanian Space Agency, Bucharest, Romania **University “Politehnica” of Bucharest, Romania |
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| The concept of „smart city” represents the new buzz word when discussing the contemporary urban planning practices. With the help of ICT infrastructures, settlements are nowadays more interconnected than ever, mediated at the distance and operated through control centres. At the same time, the proliferation of threats and risks to the ICT networks affect the well functioning of such intelligent tools of urban governance. Thus, the resilience of such a connected and prone to malitious actions system becomes the desiderate to decissions makers. The current research attempts to disentangle these concepts by providing an up-to-date state of art and concequently discussing gaps in the current literature on this matter. Moreover, the paper suugests some further directions of study and limits of current scholarship in this realm of research. The paper concludes that a system-of-systems approach to smart cities’ resilience is missing in the literature. | |
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smart city; resilience; system-of-systems; complexity |
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LIFE CYCLE COST ANALYSIS FOR MILITARY EQUIPMENT. LIFE CYCLE SUSTAINMENT PLAN AS MAIN INSTRUMENT
CĂLIN Valeriu Romanian Ministry of National Defence |
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| One of the main characteristic of present days for Romanian Armed Forces is the switching accent from a numerous military corps with old equipment to a ”slim” but stronger force using modern weapon systems. Suddenly, becomes a problem to fill the places with specialized people instead of using cold war weapon systems. Of course, this situation is the consequences of aligning to 2% of GDP for defense sector and opens the way for modern weapon systems acquisitions. But when you need to fill the gap in so many capabilities in the same time in the same 2% envelope, you have to choose what to buy first and haw to mix the tempo of acquisitions. This paper is about a perspective of estimating the total cost of weapon systems, „from cradle to grave” and how to control, calculate and diminish the whole burden. One strong model is Life Cycle Sustainment Plan used by US Secretaries of Military Departments and the Directors of Defense Agencies. | |
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lyfe cycle, analysis, defence, weapon , system. |
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A CRITICAL RESEARCH ON LEADER DEVELOPMENT AND MILITARY LEADERSHIP
Ebru CAYMAZ Assistant Professor, Ph.D.* Fahri ERENEL Associate Professor, Ph.D.** * Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University,Canakkale, Turkey ** Department of Business Administration, Istinye University, Istanbul, Turkey |
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| Military leadership, which can be defined as the process of affecting people to accomplish the missions by providing motivation, purpose, and direction, is a highly essential subject in modern military organizations. Although it has previously been studied in terms of leadership development, policy and guiding principles, leader attributes and traits as well as adverse situations and environments, recent developments especially in the fields of AI (artificial intelligence) technologies have necessitated more comprehensive research. Therefore, the training adapted to the classical definitions cannot provide the necessary background for developing leadership in future wars for future soldiers. Concordantly, the aim of this paper is to critically examine the definitions of military leadership in line with recent developments and try to outline a broad perspective on the subject matter. | |
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Future Wars; Future Soldiers; Leadership; Military Leadership; Strategic Leadership. |
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COMMUNICATION CHALLENGES IN THE NEWMILITARY ENVIRONMENT
CERNESCU Petru Marian Ministry of National Defence, Romania |
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| Communication is a very wide spectrum of behavioural deeds, skills, means and tools of self-expression, own values, thoughts, decisions and attempts. Some people possess incorporated communicative abilities: they are more social, have better communication with others, more precisely transmit their stances. Others are to learn communication life long, attending less or more useful trainings. Achieving our objectives or goals depends on how we manage to make ourselves clear in describing them, communicate them, socialising among our network and asking for support. Communication is vital to enable the creation of a functioning network and to explain and overcome the differences between perspectives, courses of actions, concepts or ideas. | |
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communication, challenges, military, environment. |
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NATO AND EU APPROACHES TO DEFENSE PLANNING
CHERECHES Sorin Minisntry of National Defence, Romania |
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| European Union countries embraced not just one, but three types of defense planning: the domestic planning of each of theMember States, planning within the basis of NATO (NDPP - NATO Defense Planning Process) and, finally, the European Union’s planning. How do all these different planning systems coexist? What are their strengths and weaknesses? Answering these questions is essential making the most out of limited national resources while maximizing its outcomes. | |
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defense, planning, NATO, EU. |
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DEVELOPING AN EFFECTIVE MILITARY LEADERSHIP – THE LONG ROAD FROM FIGHTER TO LEADER
CONSTANTINESCU Maria Associate Professor PhD, DUMITRACHE Vlad PhD. Associate Professor PhD, POPA Brindusa Maria PhD. University Lecturer PhD Regional Department of Defence Resources Management Studies, Brasov, Romania |
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| The development of military leaders is a crucial component of defense resources management in general and of the military education/training system in particular, but also a most challenging process. Leadership is a discipline found in most curricula of military academies, it features in the job requirements of many officer positions, and at the same time it is a very elusive concept. The Romanian White Book of Defense mentions “developing leaders, specialists and fighters” as an objective for the military training/education system, but are the above mentioned terms really synonymous? Developing a military leader is a complex and lengthy process that begins with the identification of basic personality traits in the future leader, and continues with the intricate process of training, education, providing the opportunity for exposure to various situations in order to gain experience etc. The theory of leadership can be taught in academies, but developing leaders requires a lot more than that. Besides the theoretical background, a leader needs controlled exposure to practical situations in order to build experience and self confidence, and a structured system of mentoring and support throughout the officer’s career. The aim of this paper is to analyze the main challenges on the long road of developing fighters into leaders, and to propose some recommendations for a more effective leadership development process. | |
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leader, fighter, process, military, challenges |
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DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVES OF THE FIELD ARTILLERY CAPABILITIES FOR MOUNTAIN UNITS
COSTIN Marius-Simion Ministry of National Defence, Romania |
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| Artillery represents the main fire support asset for maneuver units, characterized by high fire power, maneuver capability and precise engagement capacity in all types of operations and in any weather conditions. Field artillery is known as “The King of battle” because of its ability to produce massive damage on enemy forces. The fire support system integrates all the available assets for executing lethal and non –lethal tasks and capable to execute the maneuver of fire. | |
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capability, effectiveness, military, system. |
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MODELING DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS
CRENICEAN OCTAVIAN-GHEORGHE Ministry of National Defence, Romania |
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| The military system has developed constantly and has remained connected to everything that means the decision-making process, At the same time, to reduce operating costs, simulators have made their way into all categories of forces. An important place is occupied by intelligence; it has developed both by volume and by means of collection, which has led to the design of computer systems for collection, transmission and analysis. Different integrated operations and information systems, now offers a wide range of functionalities especially in operations, command and control forces.The benefits of implementing the decision-making process using models and decision support systems provide an extensive understanding of situations, a developed process in solving problems and reach a decision. The problem of real-time decision-making process is a current challenge to the decision makers and to the artificial intelligence. | |
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decision, making, framework, challenges. |
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THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE U.S. MILITARY WITHDRAWAL AND TALIBAN TAKEOVER IN AFGHANISTAN
DARIE, Cosmin*, TACHE, Ileana, PhD** *Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, **Transilvania University of Brasov |
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| This article aims to highlight the main gaps in the work of the institution responsible for maintaining peace and security on the international arena, especially in the context of the COVID-19 crisis. This paper tries to identify and analyze the impact of the U.S. military withdrawal and Taliban takeover in Afghanistan. The United States concluded a 20-year war in Afghanistan with the U.S. force withdrawing its last remaining soldiers in August, 2021. Furthermore, U.S. officials have reported that the Taliban are now in possession of the equipment paid with U.S. funds for the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) such as ground vehicles, aircrafts, arms and ammunition. Much of the materials and equipment now belong to the Taliban forces but the exact quantity remains unknown. In addition, fleeing personnel of ANDSF took some arms, aircrafts and military equipment to neighboring countries such as Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Iran. Although the U.S. military equipment was rendered inoperable, being in the hands of the Taliban will reveal plenty of information on how the U.S. builds its weapons and how it uses them. | |
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Afghanistan, US, Taliban, military equipment, takeover. |
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THE CHALLENGES OF GENERATIONAL CHANGE
DEMIDOV Cătălin Ciprian Ministry of National Defence, Romania |
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| Generations are identified by looking for cohort groups of this length that share three criteria. In the Romanian army this field of research is an interdisciplinary one and includes aspects from sociology, psychology, anthropology and economics. Uncertainty and volatility have since become the key words in the security field. The recruitment approach, career opportunities and people management, among other things, need to be adjusted. | |
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generations, cohorts, change, challenges, Strauss–Howe, Generation X, Millennials. |
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HOW ENERGY POLICIES IMPACT DEFENSE RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
DUMITRACHE Vlad PhD. Associate Professor PhD, CONSTANTINESCU Maria Associate Professor PhD, POPA Brindusa Maria PhD. University Lecturer PhD Regional Department of Defence Resources Management Studies, Brasov, Romania |
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| The energy field is one of the factors most subject to technological evolution and rapid transformations in the current global spectrum. Energy policies will therefore also impact the field of defense resources. The aim of this paper is to pursue two types of energy policies and their impact on security and defense at European level. A first challenge is represented by green energy and its development. Green energy is a paradigm shift for production factors and will therefore influence at macroeconomic level, defense industries and the way these industries manage new technologies that require new types of energy in order to function. A second challenge that this paper wants to study is related to how the recent energy crisis at European level, which is due to a series of policies and decisions like implementing Nord Stream, may have an impact on defense resources and their allocation, especially for the states of the East Flank to NATO. With such challenges in mind, we aim to study the impact that all of these factors have on defense and security policies at a transatlantic level, including USA and European States. | |
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energy policies; defense expenditures; defense industries; security |
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INFORMATION OVERLOAD AND ITS IMPACT ON ORGANIZATIONS
FLORUTA Constantin-Cristian Ministry of National Defence Romania |
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| Information overload is considered as phenomena to which we are exposed to too much information that is of no use. Such exposure to too much information significantly undermines the process of undertaking effective decision making in an organization. Additionally, it subsequently undermines the quality of decision making in any organization, including military organization. This paper critically evaluates the concept of information overload in an organization. Moreover, the analysis will involve the various causes of information overload, the symptoms of information overload, the impacts of information overload and the various strategies that can be deployed in addressing the issues associated with information overload. Additionally, from the analysis recommendations to reduce information overload include having a high level of management control over decision making and employing technology based decision making such as through the use of data mining. | |
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information, overload, implications, decision making. |
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PERSPECTIVES ON INDIVIDUAL FORCES OPPOSING THE CHANGE PROCESS IN PERIOD OF DEEP CRISIS
IANCU Dumitru, Associate Professor PhD, DINICU Anca, Associate Professor PhD Nicolae Bălcescu” Land Forces Academy, Sibiu, România |
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| The work of managers is a complex and continuous one to find the best solutions to increase the overall functionality of the organization that leads it. The changes in the environment are permanent sources of generating modifications at the level of any company. The management team should respond adequately through clear, concrete, realistic actions that benefit the development of organizational processes. But the last two years, characterized by the effects of the COVID 19 pandemic, have been years of deep crisis throughout humanity, and for the management of an organization, they have been an unprecedented challenge to sustain their survival. | |
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management; crisis; pandemic; market; obstacles; change. |
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PLANNING, PROGRAMMING, BUDGETING AND EVALUATION SYSTEM: TUNISIAN EXPERIENCE
ISSAM Khalid Ministry of National Defence, Tunisia |
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| Reaching good governance and building the integrity in the public sector is one of the most important target of Tunisia especially after the revolution which happened in 2011. For that reason, restructuring the budgeting system should be the first priority. The Planning Programming Budgeting Evaluation System, as an integrated financial management cycle, can be one of the solution to build a comprehensive cycle of resources’ management for the Tunisian defense department. through this paper, we aim to make a reflexion about the requirements and conditions that help implementing the Planning Programming Budgeting Evaluation System in Tunisia and how to make it works successfully. To meet this purpose, this paper is organized as follows: the first part will be dedicated to an overview about the country (Geography, Economics, Geopolitics, defense environment). In a second part, we will proceed to the presentation of the budget structure and process. Finally, we will try to identify the challenges faced to adopt Planning Programming Budgeting Evaluation System in the Tunisian context and to present the possible limits. | |
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PPBES, good, governance, challenges. |
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COST ANALYSIS AND MEASURE OF EFFECTIVENESS USES IN IMPROVING THE MILITARY CAPABILITIES
MALANCIUC Bogdan-Simion Ministry of National Defence, Romania |
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| Cost–benefit analysis (CBA) in the military offers a vital tool to help guide governments through both stable and turbulent times. As countries struggle with the dual challenges of an uncertain defense environment and cloudy budgetary prospects, CBA offers a unique opportunity to transform defense forces into more efficient and effective organizations. Taking difficult decisions is always a struggle in the military. Choosing between cutting cost and raising effectiveness is a hard job for every leader. CBA offers a scientific approach to decision making in the military, especial in the field of resource allocation. | |
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cost-benefit analysis, effectiveness, cost estimation, decision-making. |
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ELEMENTS OF FOOD SECURITY IN ROMANIA IN THE CURRENT GEOPOLITICAL CONTEXT
MANCIA Mircea Sebastian, lecturer Ph.D.,* POPOVICIU Gabriela A., lecturer Ph.D.,** HERMAN Grigore-Vasile, associate professor Ph.D.,*** PAINA Liliana, lecturer Ph.D.**** *Faculty of Civil Engineering, Cadastre and Architecture / Department of Cadastre / University of Oradea / Oradea / Romania **Faculty of Environmental Protection / Department of Agriculture-Horticulture / University of Oradea / Oradea / Romania ***Faculty of Faculty of Geography, Tourism and Sports / Department of Department of Geography, Tourism and Spatial Planning / University of Oradea / Oradea / Romania ****Faculty of Civil Engineering, Cadastre and Architecture / Department of Cadastre / University of Oradea / Oradea / Romania |
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| Sustainable development - as a concept - had as its starting point the global economic crisis at the beginning of the twentieth century, reaching today the inclusion of all economic, social, and human spheres. This is the new path of humanity. For it is a concept that promotes the conciliation between economic and social progress and the balance of the planet in terms of environmental quality. The explosive growth of the planet's population comes with difficult problems for billions of people: hunger, lack of water, depreciation of the environment. These elements can lead to conflicts, which are accentuated in the current geostrategic context through: migrations due to armed conflicts and hunger, overpopulation, fewer and fewer natural resources. Food security and the ability to meet minimum needs must keep pace with climate change. In a world and an increasingly globalized economy, as a member country of the European Union (EU), Romania must capitalize on its agricultural potential. The land market, with many very fertile lands, is the resource of maximum interest in protecting the national population and ensuring food security. | |
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food security; sustainable development; global economy; overpopulation; own resources; economic
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THE FALL OF KABUL WHAT DOES THIS SITUATION MEAN FOR CENTRAL ASIAN STATES AND EUROPEAN UNION?
PĂDURARU Mihail “Mihai Viteazul” National Intelligence Academy, Intelligence Directorate for Defence Industry |
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| Just days after the withdrawal of US troops, the Taliban took control of Afghanistan. Inevitably, this situation will affect the nations of the Central Asian region, which are already suffering from authoritarian regimes and various forms of hybrid threats, including terrorism, separatism, extremism, drug trafficking and cross-border organized crime. In the same vein, there is a state of uncertainty regarding the ramifications of this situation, which could lead to a deterioration of the security climate in Europe. As the level of hybrid activity has increased substantially in recent years and the expected challenges are cross-border in nature, they require special attention from the international community. Therefore, this paper will bring an explanatory and predictive note in relation to the situation in Afghanistan and the new threats, that foreshadow in the short and medium term in Central Asia and Europe. | |
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European Union, Central Asia, Hybrid Threats, Security, Cooperation. |
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THE ROLE OF FROZEN CONFLICTS IN RUSSIA'S POLICY TOWARD THE ‘NEAR ABROAD’ REGION
MIHALCEA Petru, Lecturer, PhD candidate Military Academy of the Armed Forces “Alexandru cel Bun”, Military science faculty, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova |
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| The dissolution of the USSR did not bring clarity over Russia and newly independent states relations. Despite an apparent peaceful process, the dissolution brought in light many conflicts that Russia used to mediate as central peacekeeper actor of the region and claim its ‘near abroad’ as a strategic area of vital interest. Its aspiration to regain international recognition as a great power and maintain control over the former soviet states made conflict resolution an endless and unclear process that anchor countries further development. Used by Russia to maintain its military posture on the contentious front with western countries, it denies the statehood of host countries and threatenspopulations’ security. | |
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Russia; frozen conflict; EU; security; Transnistria. |
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COGNITIVE HUMINT TOOL FOR COGNITIVE ENVIRONMENT
MUNTEANU Lucian, Engineer NATO HUMINT Centre of Excellence / Concept Development & Experimentation / ORADEA / ROMANIA |
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| Understanding human behavior is imperative for the success of HUMINT in military deployments, no matter if this refers to the enemy, friendly or own troops behavior. Whoever has the power to influence human behavior – besides the ethic responsibility for such actions that is not the subject of this article – is able to efficaciously achieve the desired objectives. Nowadays, the human behavior in general, is part of an extended human network enabled by social media, households, Internet of Things and Internet of Everything, all together forming the “actors” within the cognitive environment. Like many other “military tools”, HUMINT needs to be able – to a certain extent – to shape the hearts and minds, particularly the human source ones. The old model of winning the hearts and minds, generally applied in counter insurgency operations and not only, was instinctively applied in HUMINT domain with positive results. Nevertheless, the complexity of the cognitive environment, where the dexterous influencers are playing the “molding games”, necessitates a methodological and scientific approach that requires to firstly analyze our own behavior and then to influence others. A Cognitive HUMINT Tool enables the understanding of how the heart and mind can determine the actions, or vice-versa, and would create the premises for shaping the human sources. Disclaimer: This paper expresses the views, interpretations, and independent position of the author. It should not be regarded as an official document, nor expressing formal opinions or policies, of NATO or the NATO HUMINT Centre of Excellence. | |
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HUMINT; cognitive; psychology; human; intelligence; military; source; shaping. |
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MIGRATION AND SECURITY - EXPERIENCES FROM A REFUGEE CAMP ON THE GREEK ISLAND OF LESVOS
PALCZEWSKA Milena, PhD National Security Faculty / War Studies University /Poland |
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| The aim of the article is to define the relationship between migration and security in the context of the Greek island of Lesvos. The main research problem was the following question: Does the refugee crisis affect local, national and international security? The following research methods were adopted: statistical analysis, synthesis, inference, comparison and research of the literature on the subject and source documents. | |
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security, migration, social problems. |
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NEW THREATS OLD CHALLENGES FOR NATO
PANĂ Ion Ministry of National Defence, Romania |
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| NATO has to adapt itself in order to meet the present and future security challenges. New threats are emerging from different sources: traditional opponents, new state actors, non-state entities to terrorists, social security failures, hybrid aggressions and cyberattacks. As a result, the Alliance has to prepare in conceptual, political and military terms to contribute to the security of its member states by developing a proper posture against The East and making southern neighborhoods more stable. | |
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threats, challenges, NATO. |
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TERRORISM AND COUNTER-TERRORISM – AN ANALYSIS
PASCU Claudiu Sebastian |
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| The purpose of this paper is to present the causes of terrorism, the offensive against terrorism and the methods of counteracting this worldwide spread phenomenon which has become an unconventional battle strategy used to achieve political goals. It is essential for different structures and organizations to combat terrorism, in order to reduce the psychological effect of panic and intimidation it generates. The war against the current order of the world is based on acts of violence and threatening which represent the terrorists’ way to implement their ideas in the world. In the terrorism counteracting process, military and non-military structures use different strategies to combat this threat and its consequences. | |
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terrorism counter-terrorism, anti-terrorist/anti-terrorism structures, offensive actions. |
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MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION AND AUTHORITARIAN LEADERSHIP STYLE
POPA Brindusa Maria PhD. University Lecturer PhD., CONSTANTINESCU Maria Associate Professor PhD, DUMITRACHE Vlad PhD. Associate Professor PhD Regional Department of Defence Resources Management Studies, Brasov, Romania |
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| Communication is the process behind the process, it is one of the forces that shape and boost organizations. No activity can take place within an organization without the support of communication, be it verbal or written, formal or informal. Communication props up organizational activity and influences organizational performance. However, communication is always influenced by the source the characteristics of the emitter therefore, managerial communication of a specific organization will be shaped by the management style applied there. | |
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communication; management; management styles; authoritarian management; |
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LIFE CYCLE COST (LCC) FOR MILITARY SYSTEMS
RACOLȚA Andrei Ministry of National Defence, Romania |
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| In an era of rapidly changing technology, every military establishment and culture faces major problem. That problem is not what new weapon system should be bought, but how best to reduce the Total Operating Cost (TOC) of existing weapon systems. The difficult question that keeps decision makers and Life Cycle Management (LCM) on edge is in how to manage and maintain that current system during its operation life until disposal or retirement in such a way as to reduce its cost, i.e. to save money and time. Each country is faced with rising costs in maintenance. | |
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life cycle cost, military, decision making, management |
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CORRELATION OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE WITH THE ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE FOR INCREASING PERFORMANCE IN THE MILITARY ORGANIZATION
RANF, Diana Elena Assoc. prof. PhD * BADEA Dorel, Assoc. prof. PhD ** BUCOVEŢCHI Olga Maria Cristina, Assoc. prof. PhD *** *, ** “Nicolae Bălcescu” Land Forces Academy, Sibiu, Romania *** Universitatea Politehnica din Bucureşti, Bucureşti, Romania |
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| The first objective of the article is to make a theoretical comparative analysis between the concepts of organizational culture and organizational climate. Having as a common starting point the analysis of the internal social environment of an organization, the organizational climate refers to the perceptions of an organization’s members regarding formal and informal practices, policies and procedures, while culture is based on beliefs and values built over time by members of the organization. The correlation of concepts with performance and military organization is a starting point in explaining some phenomena within organizations, such as: creating a hierarchy of values, strategic orientation, determining fundamental attitudes towards the environment, interpreting the framework of human relations. The article sets the understanding of organizational culture and climate, how they intertwine and the impact they have in the context of national security, moreover, it demonstrates the essential role of concepts in increasing the performance of the military organization. | |
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organizational culture; organizational climate; performance; military organization; management. |
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A CONSIDERATIONS ON THE FACTORS GENERATING INCREASES IN THE LIFE CYCLE COST FOR MILITARY EQUIPMENTS
ROȘU Ionuț Ministry of Natioanal Defence, Romania |
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| When analyzing the purchase of military equipment, the commissions should be composed of a wide range of specialists, which should be taking into account all aspects of the equipment, including its cost throughout its lifespan. Lack of information in these committees, lack of understanding of the concept of life cycle cost, the focus on short term considerations, lack of an integrated view regarding the life cycle cost of an equipment from its acquisition to the end users, lack of correlation between military considerations and economic considerations are just a few of the risk factors that lead to increases in equipment costs over their life cycle. | |
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life cycle; integration; short term; military organization; management. |
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STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION IN THE MILITARY
RUS Cristina-Ionela Ministry of Natioanal Defence, Romania |
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| Nowadays extremists and extremist organisations use communications to influence and manipulate people; hence, the military organizations must try to come up with strategies to minimize their effectiveness and come up with their own strategies to win hearts and minds of vulnerable people who might otherwise be tempted to join them. It is regarded as an instrument of statecraft to facilitate the governments in order to influence the perceptions, attitudes, beliefs and behaviours of stakeholders, non-state groups, neutrals, in support of national security policies. In this premise, this paper discusses the concept of strategic communication in the military, in NATO and in the Romanian Army. | |
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Strategic communication, NATO strategic communications. |
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THE MANAGEMENT OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS IN THE MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE
SĂU Ciprian, PhD, engineer Romanian MoND/Scientific Research Center for CBRN Defense and Ecology |
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| Research and development are targeted to development new products, new solutions and creates knowledge. Security environment, policies and strategies were analysed in the paper, in order to identify factors that affect military R&D. The last four years of R&D Sectoral Plan were analysed in a comprehensive study, analysing also key players and mechanisms for financing the Romanian military R&D. | |
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Research and development, military planning, major programmes, budget, end-user. |
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ASSESSING MILITARY READINESS -METHODS AND CHALLENGES
SERBAN Radu Mihai |
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| The readiness as a term refers not only to operational units but also to the entire army. The readiness level as a percentage it may be transformed in a unit's capability to perform a mission in a matter of hours, days or months. For specific units of quick reaction alert it is measured in minutes. It is very important for decision makers to budget the personnel the training the equipment and to ensure a proper chain of supply in order to achieve a specific readiness that can meet the objectives and the goals of a nation. Readiness verification should be conducted at all levels periodically. The today's readiness is not the same with tomorrow's readiness. | |
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readiness, military, challenges, assessement, effectiveness, decision. |
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INTEGRATED HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLANNING, PART OF THE DEFENSE PLANNING PROCESS
SĂVUȚ Sorin Ministry of National Defence, Romania |
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| The aim of this article is to show the place and role of integrated human resources management in the defense planning process of the Romanian Army. I will focus on presenting some milestones in the defense planning process in the actual security environment from human resources perspectives. Then, I will highlight the important the place and role of integrated human resources management processes in the defense planning process. | |
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integrated human resources management, defense planning, manpower, personnel. |
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CAPABILITIES-BASED “CONFUSION”:WHY CAPABILITIES-BASED PLANNING SYSTEMS STRUGGLE
VLAICU Gheorghe Ministry of National Defence, Romania |
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| In the 2001 Quadrennial U.S. Defense Review, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld announced that the Department of Defense would henceforth use capabilitiesbased planning to guide the development of the armed forces. The popularity of the idea spread to many allied countries that also embraced the concept. However, the successful implementation of the method has been hindered by a number of factors: lack of an agreed lexicon, confusion in many defense organizations to the degree to which “threats” are used, inattention to policy priorities, heavy institutional analytical requirements, and a lack of acknowledgement of the importance money must play in any planning system. The paper concludes that whilst elements of the method are well-suited to providing objective data in support of senior leadership’s decision-making; alone, it is insufficient to drive planning, which is inherently a political process. | |
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defense planning, capability analysis, capabilities-based planning, defense economics, capability partitions, threat-based planning. |
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IMPACT OF COVID 19 PANDEMIC ON MOLDAVIAN SOCIETY
VLEJU Aurel Ministry of Defense of Republic of Moldova/The General Staff of the Armed Forces /Chisinau/Republic of Moldova |
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| This paper contains an analysis of the impact of the Covid19 pandemic on Moldovan society depending on the evolution of the pandemic and other factors: political, informational, religious, etc. Contains information heared or read from a variety of sources, mass media, web, publications, interviews, and others. In order to better understand the context of the evolution of the Covid19 pandemic in the Republic of Moldova and its impact on Moldovan society, I decided to briefly describe the Republic of Moldova as a country. Moldova is a parliamentary republic with a president as head of state and a prime minister as head of government. | |
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impact, Covid19, pandemic, Moldovan society, parliamentary republic, evolution. |
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