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Helle Lykke Nielsen skriver om skæbnen for de tusindvis af migranter, der dør i forsøget på at komme ind i EU.

Kontraspionage, kultur og kontinuitet i Kreml: Et efterretningsteoretisk perspektiv på Ruslands interventioner i Ukraine
By applying the specialized terminology and theoretical approaches of the field of intelligence analysis, this article investigates Russian hybrid warfare in the case of Ukraine in order to offer a fuller understanding of this disputed phenomenon. Most scholars have addressed the concept of Russian hybrid warfare through a rather classical war-theoretical approach. This article, however, argues that any analysis of Russian warfare should take as its point of departure the extensive and historically consistent influence of the country's security services. The liberal analysis presented here reveals the prevailing continuity that characterizes Russian foreign policy, including the country's current actions in Ukraine. Most importantly, the liberal approach sheds light on the sources of this continuity, finding them embedded primarily within the security apparatus and its peculiar, strategic culture and mindset. This means that Russia's military actions are based on the assumption that the threat from the West is imminent, and on a fundamental focus on regime security. Russian warfare today is not the result of a new, coherent military doctrine or a belief in newfound superiority as proponents of the non-liberal approach often argue – instead, it is rather born out of fear.

Überall wird im öffentlichen Diskurs heute auf Befindlichkeiten Rücksicht genommen: Es werden vor Gefahren wie 'expliziter Sprache' gewarnt, Schreibweisen mit Binnen-I empfohlen, dritte Klotüren installiert. Es scheint, als habe der Kampf um die korrekte Bezeichnung und die Rücksicht auf Fragen der Identität alle anderen Kämpfe überlagert. Robert Pfaller fragt sich in 'Erwachsenensprache. Über ihr Verschwinden aus Politik und Kultur', wie es gekommen ist, dass wir nicht mehr als Erwachsene angesprochen, sondern von der Politik wie Kinder behandelt werden wollen. Steckt gar ein Ablenkungsmanöver dahinter? Eine politische Strategie? Es geht darum, als mündige Bürger wieder ernst genommen zu werden - doch dann sollten wir uns auch als solche ansprechen lassen. "Je ausbeuterischer der Neoliberalismus ist, desto "zartfühlender" wird die Sprache seiner Repräsentanten, konstatiert Robert Pfaller in "Erwachsenensprache. Über ihr Verschwinden aus Politik und Kultur": Eine klarsichtige Gegenwartsanalyse, in der Pfaller eine zunehmende Infantilisierung der Öffentlichkeit kritisiert" (deutschlandfunk.de)

[Cover] -- [Informationen zum Buch/zum Autor] -- [Titel] -- [Impressum ] -- Inhalt -- Vorbemerkung -- I. Das Universelle, das Gleichförmige,das Gemeinsame -- II. Im europäischen Unterbaudes Universellen: Ist das Universelleein veralteter Begriff? -- III. Die Differenz oder der Abstand:Identität oder Fruchtbarkeit -- IV. Es gibt keine kulturelle Identität -- V. Wir verteidigen die Ressourcen einer Kultur -- VI. Von den Abständenzum Gemeinsamen -- VII. Dia-log

Communicating Conflict: Actors in RT Coverage of the Situation in Ukraine February–March 2014
This article analyses the Russian public diplomacy news organization RT's coverage of the situation in Ukraine in February–March 2014, the period that culminated with the annexation of Crimea. It finds that enemy images were drawn of the West/USA and of Ukrainian radicals, whereas the liberal opposition and in part the new Ukrainian government were subjected to "symbolic annihilation" – that is they were not represented at all, only indirectly in depictions of the enemy image of the other actors. Locating these portrayals in the theoretical literature on "strategic narratives", the author interprets them as attempts at achieving consensus around Russia's own perspectives on international affairs, which include the promotion of a world order in which the USA is no longer a hegemon and Russia is respected as a great power.
(Published: May 2017)
Citation: Malin Østevik (2017) «Å kommunisere en konflikt – aktører i RTs dekning av situasjonen i Ukraina i februar–mars 2014», Nordisk Østforum 31 [1], 1–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.23865/nof.v31.579

Due to effects of a continuous globalization processes, fierce competition, and rapid evolution of technological innovations, the business world is facing multiple challenges going through ever increasing changes in terms of technological, political, social and economic determinants. The nature, speed and quantity of those changes require an effective and timely management of organizations in order to achieve their strategic business objectives and attain superior organizational performance. Therefore it is important to recognize problems and challenges and shape a strategy to keep and maintain organizational success. Such a development has contributed to the significance and wide use of Management Consulting in the economy. The engagement of consultants in as early stage as possible can help companies to successfully cope with the problems encountered and thus protect their investments. The primary focus of this study is to explore how Croatian and Hungarian Management Consulting industries have changed in last decade identifying possible similarities and differences in terms of market and organisational culture in each country. Based on secondary research sources, evolution of administering survey to consultants and micro, small and medium sized enterprises in Croatia and Hungary, this study outlines position and development trends in management consulting exploring following questions: (a) what are differences between two management consultancy's markets?; (b) what are similarities in both markets?; (c) why do companies use management consultancies?; (d) what are major demand factors for business advisory services? In that sense, a comprehensive assessment of the maturity of the consulting market in Hungary and Croatia has been carried out, addressing the changes in consulting services and organisational culture in both countries. ; Zbog učinaka kontinuiranog procesa globalizacije, žestoke konkurencije i brzog razvoja tehnoloških inovacija, poslovni se svijet suočava s višestrukim izazovima prolazeći kroz sve veće promjene u smislu tehnoloških, političkih, društvenih i ekonomskih determinanata. Priroda, brzina i količina tih promjena zahtijevaju učinkovito i pravodobno upravljanje organizacijama kako bi ostvarivale svoje strateške poslovne ciljeve i postizale vrhunske organizacijske performanse. Stoga je važno prepoznati probleme i izazove te oblikovati strategiju za očuvanje i održavanje organizacijskog uspjeha. Takav razvoj je pridonio značenju i širokoj upotrebi menadžment konzaltinga u gospodarstvu. Angažman konzultanata u što ranijoj fazi može pomoći tvrtkama da se uspješno nose s problemima s kojima se sreću i time zaštite svoja ulaganja. Primarni fokus ove studije jest istražiti kako se u posljednjem desetljeću promijenila hrvatska i mađarska poslovna savjetodavna industrija identificirajući moguće sličnosti i razlike u smislu tržišne i organizacijske kulture u svakoj zemlji. Na temelju sekundarnih izvora istraživanja, evaluacije provedbe ankete među konzultantima i mikro, malim i srednjim poduzećima u Hrvatskoj i Mađarskoj, ova studija ukazuje na poziciju i razvojne trendove u menadžment savjetovanju istražujući sljedeća pitanja: (a) koje su razlike između dvaju konzultantskih tržišta; (b) koje su sličnosti na dvama tržištima; (c) zašto tvrtke koriste menadžment konzalting usluge; (d) koji su glavni faktori potražnje za poslovne savjetodavne usluge? U tom je smislu provedena sveobuhvatna procjena zrelosti tržišta konzalting usluga u Hrvatskoj i Mađarskoj, apostrofirajući promjene u konzultantskim uslugama i organizacijskoj kulturi u obje zemlje.