In this episode, we discuss foreign fighters – their motivation and use – historically, but also more specifically in the Ukraine War. Back in 2022, SJMS fast-tracked a special collection on Ukraine where Naman Karl-Thomas Habtom contributed, with an article on the demographic constitution, structure and role of the pro-Ukrainian foreign fighters. We met Naman at the SJMS conference at Södertörn University in august to ask him what’s currently going on with foreign fighters in Ukraine.

We continue our discussion on Arctic security politics, focusing on China and their interest in the Arctic Council. Camilla Sørensen, the foremost expert of China’s role in global politics at the Royal Danish Defence College joins us in the studio in Copenhagen. Camilla has recently published an article in SJMS with her colleague, Jørgen Staun. Read the full article at sjms.nu.

In this and the next episode, Arctic security politics is on the table, seen from the perspectives of Russia and China. To talk about Russia´s role in the Arctic, we have invited Jørgen Staun, expert on Russia’s role in global politics at the Royal Danish Defence College. Jørgen has recently published an article with his colleague, Camilla Sørensen. Read the full article at sjms.nu.

To talk about the future of military education in light of the new Danish Defence Agreement, SJMS Talks invites its contributor, Søren Sjøgren. He has written an article on military command and executive decision making, titled "What Military Commanders do and how they do it." Read the full article at sjms.nu.