Dan Öberg
@warrhizome.bsky.social
War, Defense, Military Creativity/Innovation.
Senior Lecturer at the department of Systems Science for Security and Defence, Assoc Prof, War Studies, Swedish Defence Uni. @forsvarshogskolan.bsky.social
Big believer in obscure military theory. Views own.
Senior Lecturer at the department of Systems Science for Security and Defence, Assoc Prof, War Studies, Swedish Defence Uni. @forsvarshogskolan.bsky.social
Big believer in obscure military theory. Views own.
”In times of war, the law falls silent.” - Marcus Tullius Cicero
July 11, 2025 at 8:43 AM
”In times of war, the law falls silent.” - Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Postdoc in Narrative Geopolitics @forsvarshogskolan.bsky.social
We’re looking for a postdoc w expertise in machine learning, data mining, or related quantitative methods to explore how emotionally charged narratives shape international security & great power politics.
fhs.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
We’re looking for a postdoc w expertise in machine learning, data mining, or related quantitative methods to explore how emotionally charged narratives shape international security & great power politics.
fhs.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Postdoc with a focus on quantitative narrative geopolitics
Description The postdoctoral position is part of the interdisciplinary research environment on narrative geopolitics, established with funding from the Swedish Armed Forces. The role involves interdis
fhs.varbi.com
June 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Postdoc in Narrative Geopolitics @forsvarshogskolan.bsky.social
We’re looking for a postdoc w expertise in machine learning, data mining, or related quantitative methods to explore how emotionally charged narratives shape international security & great power politics.
fhs.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
We’re looking for a postdoc w expertise in machine learning, data mining, or related quantitative methods to explore how emotionally charged narratives shape international security & great power politics.
fhs.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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"There is NOT a remote option for this position. A small travel stipend of two gold doubloons will be provided. However, interns must organize their own transportation to and from the subterranean lair."
Dragon Hoarding Enormous Pile of Treasure Seeks Unpaid Intern
Dragon seeks smart, motivated intern to help manage a sprawling cavern of various golden treasures. This is the perfect opportunity for a go-getter...
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June 27, 2025 at 1:20 AM
"There is NOT a remote option for this position. A small travel stipend of two gold doubloons will be provided. However, interns must organize their own transportation to and from the subterranean lair."
Academic position with focus on Cyber at the Swedish Defence University. Deadline 24 August.
fhs.varbi.com/se/what:job/...
fhs.varbi.com/se/what:job/...
Biträdande lektor i försvarssystem med inriktning mot cyberförsvar
Vill du forska och undervisa i skärningspunkten mellan teknik, samhälle och försvar? Vi söker dig som ganska nyligen disputerat och som har erfarenhet av cyberförsvarsområdet. Vi erbjuder en att
fhs.varbi.com
June 23, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Academic position with focus on Cyber at the Swedish Defence University. Deadline 24 August.
fhs.varbi.com/se/what:job/...
fhs.varbi.com/se/what:job/...
I’m halfway into this amazing work by Erik Rechborn-Kjennerud that just dropped. I assume it will quickly become a go-to book in the genre. If you are interested in how and with what consequences militaries wage war, do yourself a favor and grab a copy.
direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...
direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...
The World According to Military Targeting
A revealing account of the prevalence—and alarming ubiquity—of military targeting, and how it has become a self-propelling worldview driven by dominance, v
direct.mit.edu
June 20, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I’m halfway into this amazing work by Erik Rechborn-Kjennerud that just dropped. I assume it will quickly become a go-to book in the genre. If you are interested in how and with what consequences militaries wage war, do yourself a favor and grab a copy.
direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...
direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...
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Panel Discussion & Book Launch – War in the Smartphone Age on 2 July 2025 from 18:00-19:00 @warstudieskcl.bsky.social
Discussants:
@markgaleotti.bsky.social
@snellarthur.bsky.social
Joelle Rizk
Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/panel-disc...
Discussants:
@markgaleotti.bsky.social
@snellarthur.bsky.social
Joelle Rizk
Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/panel-disc...
June 11, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Panel Discussion & Book Launch – War in the Smartphone Age on 2 July 2025 from 18:00-19:00 @warstudieskcl.bsky.social
Discussants:
@markgaleotti.bsky.social
@snellarthur.bsky.social
Joelle Rizk
Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/panel-disc...
Discussants:
@markgaleotti.bsky.social
@snellarthur.bsky.social
Joelle Rizk
Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/panel-disc...
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I've just read @williammerrin.bsky.social and @andrewhoskins.bsky.social's fast paced book "Sharded Media".
If you who want to understand the highly fragmented state of our media ecologies and how this framed/shaped Trump's 2024 election then this is for you.
www.amazon.co.uk/SHARDED-MEDI...
If you who want to understand the highly fragmented state of our media ecologies and how this framed/shaped Trump's 2024 election then this is for you.
www.amazon.co.uk/SHARDED-MEDI...
SHARDED MEDIA: Trump’s Rage Against the Mainstream eBook : Merrin, William, Hoskins, Andrew: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
SHARDED MEDIA: Trump’s Rage Against the Mainstream eBook : Merrin, William, Hoskins, Andrew: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
www.amazon.co.uk
June 7, 2025 at 8:48 AM
I've just read @williammerrin.bsky.social and @andrewhoskins.bsky.social's fast paced book "Sharded Media".
If you who want to understand the highly fragmented state of our media ecologies and how this framed/shaped Trump's 2024 election then this is for you.
www.amazon.co.uk/SHARDED-MEDI...
If you who want to understand the highly fragmented state of our media ecologies and how this framed/shaped Trump's 2024 election then this is for you.
www.amazon.co.uk/SHARDED-MEDI...
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My most recent post for Scilicet, on viking history and Swedish national identity
After Sweden’s empire crumbled, Swedes looked to the Vikings for a new sense of identity. But why Vikings, and how did this reshape how they saw their own landscape? @nataliesmith.bsky.social explores in our latest post: scilicet.org.uk/rediscoverin... #Skystorians #Vikings"
Rediscovering the Vikings | Scilicet
After the collapse of the Swedish empire, Swedes found themselves turning to their ancient forebearers the Vikings for help. But how did it come about and how did it shape their understanding of the S...
scilicet.org.uk
June 3, 2025 at 10:42 AM
My most recent post for Scilicet, on viking history and Swedish national identity
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My third book. All published by Oxford University Press.
May 31, 2025 at 12:41 AM
My third book. All published by Oxford University Press.
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"A well-delivered lecture isn’t primarily a delivery system for information. It is an ignition point for curiosity, all the better for being experienced in an audience."
Marvellous defence of the increasingly maligned university experience by @patporter76.bsky.social
thecritic.co.uk/university-a...
Marvellous defence of the increasingly maligned university experience by @patporter76.bsky.social
thecritic.co.uk/university-a...
University: a good idea | Patrick Porter | The Critic Magazine
A former student of mine has penned an attack on universities, derived from their own disappointing experience studying Politics and International Relations at the place where I ply my trade. In short...
thecritic.co.uk
May 28, 2025 at 10:37 AM
"A well-delivered lecture isn’t primarily a delivery system for information. It is an ignition point for curiosity, all the better for being experienced in an audience."
Marvellous defence of the increasingly maligned university experience by @patporter76.bsky.social
thecritic.co.uk/university-a...
Marvellous defence of the increasingly maligned university experience by @patporter76.bsky.social
thecritic.co.uk/university-a...
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🔔 New article: Mission command in a multinational context.
🧵on NATO's challenges in moving from describing mission command in written doctrine to actual practice.
The article is based on 33 interviews with commanders and senior staff officers. Open access @sjms.bsky.social: sjms.nu/articles/10....
🧵on NATO's challenges in moving from describing mission command in written doctrine to actual practice.
The article is based on 33 interviews with commanders and senior staff officers. Open access @sjms.bsky.social: sjms.nu/articles/10....
April 22, 2025 at 5:43 AM
🔔 New article: Mission command in a multinational context.
🧵on NATO's challenges in moving from describing mission command in written doctrine to actual practice.
The article is based on 33 interviews with commanders and senior staff officers. Open access @sjms.bsky.social: sjms.nu/articles/10....
🧵on NATO's challenges in moving from describing mission command in written doctrine to actual practice.
The article is based on 33 interviews with commanders and senior staff officers. Open access @sjms.bsky.social: sjms.nu/articles/10....
”War has never been just an extension of politics by other means; war…creates its own politics.” - Jim Molan
April 18, 2025 at 1:12 PM
”War has never been just an extension of politics by other means; war…creates its own politics.” - Jim Molan
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(1) The markets and commentators make the mistake of thinking what Trump says is real... hence the crash and recovery and panicked analyses of the global impact. They all make the mistake that #shardedmedia by myself and
@andrewhoskins.bsky.social point out ...
@andrewhoskins.bsky.social point out ...
April 9, 2025 at 11:03 PM
(1) The markets and commentators make the mistake of thinking what Trump says is real... hence the crash and recovery and panicked analyses of the global impact. They all make the mistake that #shardedmedia by myself and
@andrewhoskins.bsky.social point out ...
@andrewhoskins.bsky.social point out ...
Imagine the amazing good fortune of the generation that gets to see the end of the world. This is as marvelous as being there in the
beginning.
- Jean Baudrillard -
beginning.
- Jean Baudrillard -
April 6, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Imagine the amazing good fortune of the generation that gets to see the end of the world. This is as marvelous as being there in the
beginning.
- Jean Baudrillard -
beginning.
- Jean Baudrillard -
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I should add that @rbarretttaylor.bsky.social makes this point (about digital / data representation being limited for human affairs) brilliantly in the context of military matters (here and in his PhD thesis) cetas.turing.ac.uk/publications...
March 26, 2025 at 11:16 AM
I should add that @rbarretttaylor.bsky.social makes this point (about digital / data representation being limited for human affairs) brilliantly in the context of military matters (here and in his PhD thesis) cetas.turing.ac.uk/publications...
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In his new article in EJIR, @palestrinomirko.bsky.social examines the social construction of victory through the example of wartime gardening.
You can find the full publication here: t1p.de/8n0sh
You can find the full publication here: t1p.de/8n0sh
March 18, 2025 at 7:36 PM
In his new article in EJIR, @palestrinomirko.bsky.social examines the social construction of victory through the example of wartime gardening.
You can find the full publication here: t1p.de/8n0sh
You can find the full publication here: t1p.de/8n0sh
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“I think we’re overly centralized, overly bureaucratic, and overly risk averse, which is the opposite of what we’re going to need in any type of warfare...”
Across the organisations, staff tend to develop machine-like behaviour.
Why?
A short 🧵 based on: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Across the organisations, staff tend to develop machine-like behaviour.
Why?
A short 🧵 based on: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
a cartoon sloth is stamping a piece of paper while a bear looks on
ALT: a cartoon sloth is stamping a piece of paper while a bear looks on
media.tenor.com
March 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
“I think we’re overly centralized, overly bureaucratic, and overly risk averse, which is the opposite of what we’re going to need in any type of warfare...”
Across the organisations, staff tend to develop machine-like behaviour.
Why?
A short 🧵 based on: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Across the organisations, staff tend to develop machine-like behaviour.
Why?
A short 🧵 based on: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Book launch: Aggie Hirst - Politics of Play: Wargaming with the US military, 20th March 3pm - 4.30pm UK time.
See link for more info.
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/polit...
See link for more info.
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/polit...
Politics of Play: Wargaming with the US Military – Book Launch
From the Russian invasion of Ukraine to the Covid-19 pandemic, wargames are a key way the US military plays out responses to current crises, explores the effectiveness of future operations and strateg...
www.kcl.ac.uk
March 10, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Book launch: Aggie Hirst - Politics of Play: Wargaming with the US military, 20th March 3pm - 4.30pm UK time.
See link for more info.
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/polit...
See link for more info.
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/polit...
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In an epic move, the Finnish band Kaj has conducted a successful coup d’etat in Sweden by winning Melodifestivalen and thereby representing Sweden in this year’s Eurovision
HEJA KAJ PERKELE TORILLE
🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮
(I mean 🇸🇪)
HEJA KAJ PERKELE TORILLE
🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮
(I mean 🇸🇪)
FINALEN: KAJ - Bara bada bastu
YouTube video by Melodifestivalen
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March 8, 2025 at 9:13 PM
In an epic move, the Finnish band Kaj has conducted a successful coup d’etat in Sweden by winning Melodifestivalen and thereby representing Sweden in this year’s Eurovision
HEJA KAJ PERKELE TORILLE
🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮
(I mean 🇸🇪)
HEJA KAJ PERKELE TORILLE
🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮
(I mean 🇸🇪)
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Several countries on the Eastern Flank of NATO are considering leaving the Ottawa Treaty, which bans anti-personnel mines.
Yesterday, Finland and Poland both announced their intentions to leave the treaty in the coming weeks.
Yesterday, Finland and Poland both announced their intentions to leave the treaty in the coming weeks.
March 8, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Several countries on the Eastern Flank of NATO are considering leaving the Ottawa Treaty, which bans anti-personnel mines.
Yesterday, Finland and Poland both announced their intentions to leave the treaty in the coming weeks.
Yesterday, Finland and Poland both announced their intentions to leave the treaty in the coming weeks.
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Academics in contemporary professional military education?
In this @defencestudies.bsky.social article, Powell and @historydafydd.bsky.social offer a fine overview of the (enduring?) training vs education debate in #PME and a way forward for academics.
Both training and education are essential.
In this @defencestudies.bsky.social article, Powell and @historydafydd.bsky.social offer a fine overview of the (enduring?) training vs education debate in #PME and a way forward for academics.
Both training and education are essential.
The challenges and opportunities for academics in professional military education
Military forces have for centuries sought to improve the intellectual, and as a result operational, effectiveness of their forces through a rigorous curriculum of professional military education (P...
www.tandfonline.com
March 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Academics in contemporary professional military education?
In this @defencestudies.bsky.social article, Powell and @historydafydd.bsky.social offer a fine overview of the (enduring?) training vs education debate in #PME and a way forward for academics.
Both training and education are essential.
In this @defencestudies.bsky.social article, Powell and @historydafydd.bsky.social offer a fine overview of the (enduring?) training vs education debate in #PME and a way forward for academics.
Both training and education are essential.
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I have the honor of speaking at the UCL Institute for Global Prosperity Director's Seminar next Thursday. The topic is - you guessed it - Artificial Intelligence and War. Come join us! Details below: www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/igp...
Artificial intelligence and war
Join us for a Director's Seminar with Prof Elke Schwarz, Professor of Political Theory at Queen Mary University London.
www.ucl.ac.uk
March 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I have the honor of speaking at the UCL Institute for Global Prosperity Director's Seminar next Thursday. The topic is - you guessed it - Artificial Intelligence and War. Come join us! Details below: www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/igp...
