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SMS is a close cooperation between the Royal Danish Defence College, the Norwegian Defence University College, the Centre for Military Studies, University of Copenhagen and the Swedish Centre for Studies of Armed Forces and Society. Through its open access journal (Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies) and monograph series, the SMS aims to publish research and development work, divided into three tracks.

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Representing the Need for Intelligence Reform: The Intelligence Inquiry and Sweden’s New Foreign Intelligence Agency

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Transformations of the Military Profession and Professionalism in Scandinavia

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Internal Kurdish Coherence

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Allied with Constraints: U.S. Adaptive Integration of Nuclear-Constrained Allies

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NATO’s Nuclear Types: Vulnerability, Defense Investment, and Alliance Strategy Preferences

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Mobilizing to Retain: Three Mechanisms Suppressing Specialist Retention in the Norwegian Armed Forces

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Maritime Security and Pathways to Equity for Women in the Gulf of Guinea

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Co-Production of Intelligence: Engagement of Civil Society in Scandinavian Counterespionage

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“Advise When Ready for Game Plan”: Military Target Language Use – The Case of Directing Close Air Support

Birgitte Grande, Hege Kristine Skilleås
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Doctrines as Discursive Artefacts: Rethinking Military Intelligence Education in Norway

Michael Weddegjerde Skjelderup
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Engineering Purpose: Why Civilian Engineers Choose Military Careers in the Swedish Armed Forces

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Volume 9 (2026): Issue 1

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Military, Sport and Society: The Invictus Games 2023 in Germany

Martin Elbe

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