Netherlands Annual Review of Military Studies 2017: Winning Without Killing:The Strategic and Operational Utility of Non-Kinetic Capabilities in Crises

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
The Promise, Practice and Challenges of Non-Kinetic Instruments of Power....Pages 1-18
The Resilient Mind-Set and Deterrence....Pages 19-38
On the Instrumentality of Soft Power; or Putin Against Democracy Promotion....Pages 39-54
‘NATO Needs More Than Planes and Tanks and Guns’—Western Strategic Communication in the 1970s and 1980s and Its Implications for Today....Pages 55-66
The Snake Oil of Stabilisation? Explaining the Rise and Demise of the Comprehensive Approach....Pages 67-89
Winning Without Killing: The Case for Targeted Sanctions....Pages 91-105
International Mediation in Syria’s Complex War: Strategic Implications....Pages 107-123
Lo and Behold: Let the Truth Be Told—Russian Deception Warfare in Crimea and Ukraine and the Return of ‘Maskirovka’ and ‘Reflexive Control Theory’....Pages 125-153
Manoeuvring and Generating Effects in the Information Environment....Pages 155-179
Strategic Counter-Marketing to Fight ISIL....Pages 181-194
Delegitimising the Adversary: Understanding Actor and Audience Analysis as a Tool to Influence and Persuade....Pages 195-220
Profiling Terrorists—Using Statistics to Fight Terrorism....Pages 221-235
Reframing Lawfare....Pages 237-254
Non-Kinetic Capabilities and the Threshold of Attack in the Law of Armed Conflict....Pages 255-273
Jamming and Spoofing: Effective Cyber Weapons Looking for a Defence....Pages 275-286
Winning Without Killing in the South China Sea....Pages 287-299
Maritime Economic Enforcement Measures: ‘Winning Without Killing’ in Modern Conflicts at Sea....Pages 301-312
Employing Comprehensive Intelligence: The UN Experience in Mali....Pages 313-332