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Ian Bowers

@ianbowers.bsky.social
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Professsor of International Security at Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies - Norwegian Defence University College | Sea power, joint operations, deterrence, Korea | Professional Military Education

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Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
the sentence below is really all you need to know about the current situation
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Centre for Statecraft & National Security @csns-uk.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Escalation Dynamics in Maritime East Asia Join experts on sea power, East Asian security & geostrategy and their relevance for Europe with Prof Alessio Patalano @sophgaston.bsky.social @ianbowers.bsky.social & Prof Øystein Tunsjø 📅 Thu 11 Dec,17:00–18:30 📍Melbourne House 🎟️ csns.uk/event/escala...
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Michelle Ye Hee Lee @myhlee.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
The reality of North Korea punditry is that *very* few people *remotely* have an idea of what Kim Jong Un is up to, and even then, they haven’t had an informed take since probably 2019-20. Yet “experts” are asked to opine and speculate and it becomes headline news. Yes, the media fuels this, I know.
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John Carl Baker @johncarlbaker.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
The Future of Defense Is Coincidentally Made By My Company by Every War Industry Executive
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War on the Rocks @warontherocks.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
A nuclear promise is only as strong as it is believable. And right now, South Korea isn’t convinced. warontherocks.com/20...
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Bridging the Ambiguity-Explicitness Gap in the U.S.-South Korean Alliance - War on the Rocks
One side wants more explicitness in the level of commitment to the relationship, while the other wants to remain ambiguous. While this tug-of-war could
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François Heisbourg @fheisbourg.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
A great smorgasbord of strategic thinking in the latest issue of Survival. Key words: time is of the essence. The piece on "NATO's vulnerable space assets" is ground-breaking (@IanBowers & Henrik Stålhane Hiim) re the baleful consequences for Europe of 🇨🇳space operations in a Taiwan crisis.
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CSIS Korea Chair @korea.csis.org · 23/06/2025
NEW satellite imagery and AIS data provide the first complete timeline of how China has systematically deployed structures in disputed Yellow Sea waters despite S. Korean objections, according to @csis.org Beyond Parallel analysis. cc: @victordcha.bsky.social, AMTI, Jennifer Jun ↓ Findings below
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Ian Bowers @ianbowers.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Check out our new article in Survival written with Henrik Hiim. We examine the knock-on risks of a US-China conflict to NATO's space operations and the potential impact on NATO's warfighting capabilities. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Knock-on Risks to NATO’s Space-based War-fighting Capabilities
NATO is more vulnerable to a war in the Indo-Pacific than is commonly understood. In a conflict between the United States and China, key US space-based capabilities would be tasked away from Europe...
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Karl Friedhoff @kfriedhoff.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Exit polls have Lee Jae-myung as South Korea's next president. There will be plenty of pieces in next few days saying why that's good/bad-most will say bad-for US-ROK alliance. For now, enough to say this starts to bring closure to a very turbulent few months in South Korea's domestic politics.
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Lee Jae-myung poised to win S. Korean presidency
Lee Jae-myung, leader of South Korea's main liberal Democratic Party of Korea, is poised to win the presidency, according to an exit poll released after voting
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Ankit Panda @nktpnd.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Just announced: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will deliver a keynote (virtually) at our Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference on Monday morning. carnegieendowment.org/events/2024/...
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Hans Tino Hansen @hanstino.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
🇩🇰Danish shipping giant Maersk apparently has offered Danish defence shipbuilding capacity in South Korea for the new air defence frigates. The hulls could be built in 🇰🇷South Korea and then fully assembled and equipped in Denmark to speed up the proces. www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...
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Mærsk vil hjælpe Forsvaret med at sætte turbo på fregatbyggeri
Rederigiganten tilbyder ifølge DR Nyheders oplysninger at hjælpe Danmark gennem selskabets værft i Sydkorea.
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Oslo Nuclear Project @oslonuclearproject.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
ONP Doctoral Research Fellow @frhoffmann.bsky.social, together with @marksbell.bsky.social, has published a new article in Foreign Affairs examining the implications of a U.S. withdrawal from the European continent for European nuclear deterrence.
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Forsvarets høgskole | NDUC @forsvaretshogskole.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Velkommen til bokbad på Litteraturhuset! 📖 23. april, kl. 15.30 lanseres boken "Not Just Another Cold War – The Implications of the US-China Rivalry". Meld deg på her👇
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Not Just Another Cold War – The Implications of the US-China Rivalry
Boklansering: Hvordan former supermaktrivaliseringen mellom Kina og USA vår tid – er vi på vei mot en ny kald krig, eller er dette noe helt annet?
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Ian Bowers @ianbowers.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
This would seem to be a sub-optimal result for long-term US strategic goals towards China (assuming long-term thinking is still a consideration in Washington). 🤦‍♂️ China, Japan, South Korea to meet as Trump tariffs take shape www.japantimes.co.jp/business/202...
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China, Japan, South Korea to meet as Trump tariffs take shape
South Korea’s Industry Minister Ahn Duk-geun will host the meeting with Japan’s Yoji Muto and China’s Wang Wentao.
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Norwegian Armed Forces | Forsvaret @forsvaret.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Tomorrow, Norwegian F-35s will escort American B-52 Stratofortress over Eastern Norway. The aircraft will make a low pass over Oslo city centre at 12:00 noon. The flight is part of normal training activities and gives Norwegian and US forces vital training. #StrongerTogether #WeAreNATO
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B-52 Stratofortress to pass over Oslo
On Friday, Norwegian F-35s will escort American B-52 Stratofortress in the airspace over Eastern Norway. The aircraft will fly at low altitude over Akershus Fortress in Oslo at 12:00 noon. The flight ...
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Ian Bowers @ianbowers.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
This is a solid argument for a French/Anglo-French European extended nuclear deterrent.
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James Cameron @jjjcameron.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Coming round to the view that a French/Anglo-French extended deterrence system is the best option vs. continued reliance on an inconstant US, or opening the door to European (and global) nuclear proliferation.
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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
A mother & son in Ukraine 🇺🇦, 1993 vs. 2025. Whose side are we on, America🇺🇸?
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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
In a "quiet but seismic recalibration," Trump has rolled back constraints on American commanders to authorize airstrikes & special operation raids outside conventional battlefields, broadening the range of people who can be targeted according to US officials with knowledge of the policy shift
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Trump eases rules on military raids and airstrikes, expanding range of who can be targeted
The increase in the range of people who can be targeted by the U.S. military dismantles Biden-era mandates that included more safeguards.
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Chad O'Carroll @chadocl.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
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US, ROK agree to push for ‘denuclearization of North Korea,’ not of ‘peninsula’
The U.S. and South Korea have agreed to use the phrase “denuclearization of North Korea” in public statements, rather than Pyongyang’s preferred formulation of “denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula,” according to Seoul. The decision could pose a…
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Oslo Nuclear Project @oslonuclearproject.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
📆Happening tomorrow, Feb. 25, 9-10am. ❓How should Europe engage with Russia amid its ongoing war with Ukraine? ☢️Join us in Oslo for a timely panel discussion with experts from the Peace Research Institute Oslo & ONP. Learn more and register ➡️ prio.org/events/9215
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Managing Europe's Long-Term Relations with Russia – Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
This seminar explores strategies for shaping future security dynamics between Europe and Russia, focusing on arms control, policies and diplomatic init ...
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WarshipCam @warshipcam.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
French Navy aircraft carrier FS Charles de Gaulle (R91) coming into Subic Bay - February 21, 2025 #fscharlesdegaulle #r91 SRC: TW-@MarieFontanelPH
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Van Jackson @vanjackson.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Want to live in New Zealand and work with me? ejye.fa.ap1.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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Pūkenga | Lecturer in International Relations/International Security
Join our Political Science and International Relations Programme in this permanent, full-time role.
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Thord Are Iversen @thelookout.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
(Paywalled article) NATOs third CAOC will be established in Norway and the Norwegian government has to decide on the location by the end of February. There are two candidates: Alongside Joint HQ outside Bodø but the mountain facility is at capacity. Rygge, with an empty hardened site.
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U.S. Naval Institute @usni.org · 13/02/2025
USS Harry S. Truman Collides with Merchant Vessel - USNI News news.usni.org/2025/02/13/b...
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USS Harry S. Truman Collides with Merchant Vessel - USNI News
USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75), the flagship of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group, collided with M/V Besiktas-M around 11:45 p.m. Wednesday near Port Said, Egypt, in the Mediterranean Sea, the Na...
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tomcrosbie.bsky.social @tomcrosbie.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
warroom.armywarcollege.edu/podcasts/war... Please check out this episode of War Room from US Army War College where my vague notions are given form and structure by the brilliant JP Clark @jpclark97.bsky.social @warroomeds.bsky.social
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WAR, WORDS, AND THE FOURTH ESTATE
The complex and evolving relationship between the military and the media has spanned various periods in U.S. history. In a discussion with War Room editor-in-chief JP Clark, Thomas Crosbie, author of ...
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Målfrid Braut-Hegghammer @malfridbh.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Join the Oslo Nuclear Project @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social and YATA Norway’s upcoming expert discussion on the third year of Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine 🇺🇦 www.sv.uio.no/isv/english/...
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Year Three of Russia's Invasion of Ukraine: Implications and Ways Forward - Department of Political Science
Join the Oslo Nuclear Project and the Youth Atlantic Treaty Association (YATA) Norway for a panel discussion on the three-year anniversary of the war in Ukraine.
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Jamie Withorne @jamiewithorne.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
📅 Save the date for a panel! On 11 February (17-18:30 CET) ONP is co-hosting an in-person panel with YATA Norway on the three-year anniversary of the war in Ukraine. 👉 To register: t.co/XxwIyZ6g8y
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https://www.sv.uio.no/isv/english/research/projects/oslo-nuclear-project/events/russian-invasion-of-ukraine-three-years-on-implica.html
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Nerdic Defence @nerdicdefence.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Hanwa Aerospace has been visiting Oslo, trying to sell its K239 Chunmoo MLRS. This after Norway went wider in their search for MLRS after the US did not want to supply the longest-range missiles for the HIMARS system previously thought a shoo-in. www.altinget.no/artikkel/soe...
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Sørkoreanere om ny vending i missilkonkurranse: – Godt valg av Norge - Altinget.no
Våpenprodusenten Hanwha har vært i Oslo for å forsøke å selge rakettartillerisystemet K239 Chunmoo til Norge, og vil sende sitt tilbud innen midten av mars.
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Christoph Harig @charig.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Deadline is 1 March - there's no conference fee! #CivMilSky #MilSky
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Naval News @navalnews.com · 21/01/2025
South Korea’s DAPA has initiated a major upgrade program for the KDX-II destroyers, replacing outdated systems with advanced domestic technology 🇰🇷 www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
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South Korea Kicks Off KDX-II Destroyer Upgrade Program - Naval News
South Korea’s DAPA has initiated a major upgrade program for the KDX-II destroyers, replacing outdated systems with advanced domestic technology.
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Naval News @navalnews.com · 11/01/2025
The loading of the what the US Army described as a “credible, land-based maritime strike capability” onto a vessel for the first time is a crucial step for the Typhon Missile System’s future deployment in coastal and amphibious operations across the Indo-Pacific 🇺🇸🚀 www.navalnews.com/event-news/s...
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U.S. Army Validates Maritime Transport of Typhon Missile System - Naval News
In a first, the U.S. Army loaded a Typhon Missile System onto a vessel to validate its transportation in coastal and amphibious operations.
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Ian Bowers @ianbowers.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Excellent article on the challenges of planning and cyber warfare at the operational level. Emphasises doctrine, people and process. Valuable for any PME course. warontherocks.com/2024/12/cybe...
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Cyber Campaign Plans and Other Fairy Tales - War on the Rocks
You might not think of military planners as the authors of fairy tales, but unfortunately many of us are. As a planner at U.S. Cyber Command (and assorted
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Nerdic Defence @nerdicdefence.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Explosions detected in the Murmansk area, near Severomorsk, pretty close to the Norwegian border. www.nrk.no/tromsogfinnm...
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The Barents Observer: Massive eksplosjoner nær Severomorsk
En video lagt ut på sosiale medier skal vise en stor eksplosjon ved Murmansk. Ifølge nettavisen The Barents Observer skal det totalt ha vært to eksplosjoner. Norsar bekrefter at de har fått signaler s...
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Thord Are Iversen @thelookout.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Developments in the Yi Peng 3 case:
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Ian Bowers @ianbowers.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Good thread on the operational realities of ASW
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Nerdic Defence @nerdicdefence.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
The Swedish Army is turning to Hanwa of South Korea to replenish stock of artillery propelling charges while creating production capacity closer to home. www.fmv.se/aktuellt--pr...
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FMV tecknar avtal för leverans av drivladdningar till Archer
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Michelle Ye Hee Lee @myhlee.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Incredible: Outside the South Korean presidential office in Yongsan, there’s about a half-mile row of wreaths sent by his supporters as he faces a likely successful impeachment vote tomorrow. It goes on and on and on and on, on both sides of the road. (Quick thread on wreath culture in Korea)
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Nerdic Defence @nerdicdefence.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Norway is in the process of acquiring rocket artillery. Last year the US offered HIMARS, but without the newest PrSM and ER GMLRS missiles. So the FMA now sent out an ITT (invitation to tender) to German and South Korean suppliers. www.tu.no/artikler/nor...
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Inviterer koreanere og tyskere med i missil-konkurransen
Arrangerer full konkurranse. Vil bestemme seg neste år.
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Ian Bowers @ianbowers.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Excellent article on the need for fresh combatant command-centric approaches to C2. warontherocks.com/2024/12/empo...
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Empowering the Combatant Commands Is Critical for the Future Fight - War on the Rocks
If U.S. European Command — where I am the chief of staff — had to fight today, we would risk failing to support our commander in making decisions at the
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Christoph Harig @charig.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Call for Papers: we're seeking submissions for our NATO in the NORDICS conference in Oslo, 17/18 September 2025 Please check out the themes, submit your proposal, and share this call! sjms.nu/conference #CivMilSky
Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies (SJMS) and Forsvarets høgskole (FHS) welcome submssions to the second NATO IN THE NORDICS conference in Oslo, September 2025. Please help us spread the call for papers! 

Whether you are a military practitioner, researcher or a PhD-student, this is an excellent oppurtunity to be part of the growing research community within military studies in Europe. 

Deadline for paper proposals: March 1, 2025.
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Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies @sjms.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Hello, new followers 👋 We are SJMS, an online, open-access journal in the multidisciplinary field of military studies. Our journal is Scopus-indexed, and we don't charge for publishing. We are here to promote our authors' work and seek new submissions. Learn more 👇 #milsky #polsky #civmilsky
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Editors’ Note: Stocktaking of an Emergent Field After Five Years of the Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies | Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies
The Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies (SJMS) is an online, open access journal publishing both high quality research and valuable practice-oriented studies relevant to the military profession. ...
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Raphael Rashid @koryodynasty.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
As much as political elite threatens South Korea's fragile democracy, it's also the resilience of its people that protects it.
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Karl Friedhoff @kfriedhoff.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Language from Yoon's impeachment bill. This is why domestic politics needs more attention in eval. of foreign policy (h/t @joelatkinson.bsky.social). Relations with Japan now radioactive. Many of us argued Yoon's approach ensured better relations would be short-lived despite importance.
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Ian Bowers @ianbowers.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
@kfriedhoff.bsky.social is spot on with all of the comments in this thread.
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