Modeling and Analysis of Conventional Defense in Europe

Modeling and Analysis of Conventional Defense in Europe
Author: Reiner K. Huber
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1461321751

This book presents a collection of contributions to a workshop on "Long-teY'fr/ Development of NATO's Conventional Forrward Defense" to which the GERMAN STRATEGY FORUM (DSF*» had invited some 50 systems analysts and defense experts of the United States, the United Kingdom, the Federal Republic of Germany and the SHAPE Technical Centre. Held in Bonn from 2 to 4 December 1984, this workshop was to provide a forum for the dis cussion, at a non-political expert level and in the light of available analysis results, of proposals for the improvement of NATO's conventional defense capabilities. In addition, it aimed at arriving at some recommenda tions as to which of these proposals deserve to be studied further and what methodological deficiencies must be alleviated and information gaps closed for an adequate assessment. The idea to organize this workshop has been discussed ever since 1980 with several defense systems analysts in the US and the UK who shared the opinion that, with a view to the immense global build-up of the Soviet threat on one hand and the stringency of defense resources in most NATO countries on the other, there is no reason that could permit us to dismiss any proposal promising improvement without careful study.

Alternative Conventional Defense Postures In The European Theater

Alternative Conventional Defense Postures In The European Theater
Author: Hans G. Brauch
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 342
Release: 2018-10-24
Genre: History
ISBN: 1317840976

First published in 1993. This volume, edited jointly by the American strategic expert Robert Kennedy and the German peace researcher Hans Giinter Brauch, takes up conceptual ideas developed by Horst Afheldt and Carl Friedrich von Weizsacker, as well as others on both sides of the Atlantic, since the 1960s. Our aim has been to contribute to the development of concepts that would reduce the danger of a third world war by the creation of more stable structures in the context of a defensively oriented conventional defense posture. In this volume a variety of alternative approaches to European conventional defense, driven for the most part by similar strategic considerations, are presented by German and American experts to a larger international audience.

The Foundations of Defensive Defence

The Foundations of Defensive Defence
Author: Anders Boserup
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2016-01-07
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1349207330

In this collection of papers, the theory of defensive strategy and the ways of implementing it are explored by scholars and military professionals from East and West. These papers are a result of workshops organised by the Pugwash conferences on science and world affairs.

Nonoffensive Defense

Nonoffensive Defense
Author: Unidir United Nations Institute For Disarmament Research
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2021-01-27
Genre: History
ISBN: 1000263142

This book, first published in 1990, examines the theories on ‘nonoffensive’ or ‘nonprovocative’ defence that arose at the end of the Cold War. The debate around the theories is analysed here, including the claims that nonoffensive defence would lead to conventional stability, security at lower levels of armaments, and reduce suspicion leading to peace and stability.

Modelling and Analysis in Arms Control

Modelling and Analysis in Arms Control
Author: Rudolf Avenhaus
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 480
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 3642829430

This book presents the results of an international workshop on Modelling and Analysis of Arms Control Problems held in Spitzingsee near Munich in October 1985 under the joint sponsorship of NATO's Scientific Affairs Division and the Volkswagen Foundation. The idea for this workshop evolved in 1983, as a consequence of discussions in the annual Systems Science Seminar at the Computer Science Department of the Federal Armed Forces University ~1unich on the topic of Quantitative Assessment in Arms Control 1) • There was wide agreement among the contribu tors to that seminar and its participants that those efforts to assess the potential contributions of systems and decision sciences, as well as systems analysis and"mathematical modelling, to arms control issues should be ex panded and a forum should be provided for this activity. It was further agreed that such a forum should include political scientists and policy analysts working in the area of arms control.

Simulation and Wargaming

Simulation and Wargaming
Author: Charles Turnitsa
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 466
Release: 2022-02-15
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1119604788

Understanding the potential synergies between computer simulation and wargaming Based on the insights of experts in both domains, Simulation and Wargaming comprehensively explores the intersection between computer simulation and wargaming. This book shows how the practice of wargaming can be augmented and provide more detail-oriented insights using computer simulation, particularly as the complexity of military operations and the need for computational decision aids increases. The distinguished authors have hit upon two practical areas that have tremendous applications to share with one another but do not seem to be aware of that fact. The book includes insights into: The application of the data-driven speed inherent to computer simulation to wargames The application of the insight and analysis gained from wargames to computer simulation The areas of concern raised by the combination of these two disparate yet related fields New research and application opportunities emerging from the intersection Addressing professionals in the wargaming, modeling, and simulation industries, as well as decision makers and organizational leaders involved with wargaming and simulation, Simulation and Wargaming offers a multifaceted and insightful read and provides the foundation for future interdisciplinary progress in both domains.

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Total Pages: 132
Release: 1990
Genre: Military art and science
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Non-offensive Defence For The Twenty-first Century

Non-offensive Defence For The Twenty-first Century
Author: Bjorn Moller
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2019-03-11
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0429720335

This anthology constitutes an attempt to take stock of the debate on non-offensive defence after the Cold War, providing information on a research project that was initiated in 1985 at the Centre for Peace and Conflict Research in Copenhagen.

An Essay on Strategy

An Essay on Strategy
Author: R.R. Neild
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 175
Release: 1990-04-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1349206342

By the same author as "The Foundations of Defensive Defence", this book looks at the effect of strategy on the achievement of peace in a nuclear age. Topics are approached from a political, a nuclear, and a sub-nuclear level. The present position, and its historical background are also examined.