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The Russia-Ukraine war is a multifaceted beast. It ranges from fighting on the ground to high diplomacy, from domestic anti-war protests to international weapon supplies, from justification through sham referenda to coercion via economic sabotage, and from operational misdirection to covering up war crimes. There are close connections between these facets: the collapse of a front leads to the discovery of mass graves; the delivery of weapon systems depends on Zelensky's appeal to the international community; sham referenda followed by annexation enable accusations of unwillingly mobilized soldiers who refuse to defend the motherland. The volume sheds light on the Russia-Ukraine war, exploring this multitude of facets and their interconnections. Bringing together the expertise of our colleagues at the Netherlands Defense Academy (NLDA) allows us to adopt a distinctively interdisciplinary approach, offering uniquely comprehensive and timely reflections on this armed conflict. The 27 chapters in this volume are centered around five themes. The first section covers historical and contemporary narratives, intelligence, digital technologies, and communication strategies. The second provides in-depth analyses of the operational aspects of the war, including warfighting on land, at sea, in the air, as well as in the space and cyber domains. The third section on international involvement covers topics such as sanctions, burden sharing, arms support and implications of the war on international institutions and the world order. The fourth provides analyses of the normative framework that applies to the Russia-Ukraine war. Finally, the fifth section deals with the way armed forces can transform their organizations and learn from this war, and concludes with questions on how and when the Russia-Ukriane war might end.

The book offers a novel conceptualization of Israeli national intelligence culture, describing the way in which Israelis perceive and practice intelligence.Different nations have different national intelligence cultures, relying on different ideas of intelligence, perceiving and practicing intelligence in different ways. Written by a former senior intelligence officer, this book is the first study dedicated to Israeli intelligence culture and the way it reflects Israeli strategic culture. Relying on more than 30 elite interviews with acting and former Israeli practitioners, the book highlights the Israeli aversion to intelligence theory and scientific methods, as well as to the structured management of the intelligence system at the national level. It describes the intelligence system's emphasis on contrarian thinking and moral courage as the foundations of intelligence professionalism, and the growing inclination of Israeli intelligence toward action and influence. Intelligence is perceived and practiced by Israelis as a tool for problem-solving, addressing unique Israeli challenges. While some traits of the Israeli national intelligence culture have contributed to its high reputation and its ‘success story', others might have also contributed to its failure in anticipating the Hamas terrorist attack on October 2023 or have remained aspirational norms rather than realized practice. The October 2023 failure, as that of the Yom Kippur War in 1973, will undoubtfully influence Israeli national intelligence culture for many years to come.This book will be of much interest to students of intelligence studies, Israeli politics, strategic studies, and international relations.

The disintegration and questioning of global governance structures and a re-orientation toward national politics combined with the spread of technological innovations such as big data, social media, and phenomena like fake news, populism, or questions of global health policies make it necessary for the introduction of new methods of inquiry and the adaptation of established methods in Foreign Policy Analysis (FPA). This accessible handbook offers concise chapters from expert international contributors covering a diverse range of new and established FPA methods. Embracing methodological pluralism and a belief in the value of an open discussion about methods'assumptions and diverging positions, it provides new, state-of-the-art research approaches, as well as introductions to a range of established methods. Each chapter follows the same approach, introducing the method and its development, discussing strengths, requirements, limitations, and potential pitfalls while illustrating the method's application using examples from empirical research. Embracing methodological pluralism and problem-oriented research that engages with real-world questions, the authors examine quantitative and qualitative traditions, rationalist and interpretivist perspectives, as well as different substantive backgrounds. The book will be of interest to a wide range of scholars and students in global politics, foreign policy, and methods-related classes across the social sciences.Chapters 4, 25 and 32 of this book are available for free in PDF format as Open Access from the individual product page at www.routledge.com. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

What is public relations? What do public relations professionals do? And what are the theoretical underpinnings that drive the discipline? This handbook provides an up-to-date overview of one of the most contested communication professions. The volume is structured to take readers on a journey to explore both the profession and the discipline of public relations. It introduces key concepts, models, and theories, as well as new theorizing efforts undertaken in recent years. Bringing together scholars from various parts of the world and from very different theoretical and disciplinary traditions, this handbook presents readers with a great diversity of perspectives in the field.

This book presents a unique overview of public relations history, tracing the development of the profession and its practices in a variety of sectors, ranging from politics, education, social movements, and corporate communication to entertainment. Author Cayce Myers examines the institutional pressures, including financial, legal, and ethical considerations, that have shaped public relations and have led to the parameters in which the practice is executed today, exploring the role that underrepresented groups and sectors (both in the U.S. and internationally) played in its formation. The book presents the diversity and nuance of public relations practice while also providing a cohesive narrative that engages readers in the complex development of this influential profession. Public Relations History is an excellent resource for upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses covering public relations theory, management, and administration; mass communication history; and media history.

Im'Forum für Kommunikationsgeschichte'denkt James Raven über Sinneseindrücke wie Gerüche, Haptik und Geschmack als Elemente einer Geschichtsschreibung der Medienrezeption nach, Erik Koenen und Simon Sax stellen biographische Zugänge zur Kommunikationsgeschichte vor und Josef Seethaler plädiert für die Re-Integration der Kommunikationsgeschichte in eine sozialwissenschaftlich orientierte Kommunikationswissenschaft. Im Aufsatzteil widmet sich Kilian Spiethoff den Flugschriften von Georg Spindler aus den Jahren 1589/90 als Vorläufer politischer Zeitschriften, Doris Gruber vergleicht die Illustrationen in der Publizistik zu den Kometenerscheinungen von 1577/78, 1680/81 und 1743/44 und Rudolf Stöber gibt einen Überblick über die Phasen wechselnder Wertschätzung der Pressefreiheit in Deutschland von 1816 bis heute. Holger Böning stellt 34 Neuerscheinungen zum Dreißigjährigen Krieg unter der Fragestellung vor, ob es eine Öffentlichkeit des Kriegsgeschehens gegeben hat. Im Besprechungsteil folgen 84 Rezensionen und in der Bibliografie ca. 2.000 Nachweise kommunikationshistorischer Aufsätze aus internationalen Zeitschriften; ein Register erschließt die Textbeiträge.

Im Aufsatzteil analysiert Flemming Schock die Zuschriften des Arztes und Naturforschers Franz Ernst Brückmann an die'Hamburgischen Berichte von neuen Gelehrten Sachen'aus der Zeit von 1732–1759 mit Blick auf dessen mediales'self-fashioning'. Thomas Gräfe widmet sich der Antisemitismus-Umfrage des österreichischen Journalisten Hermann Bahr unter europäischen Intellektuellen von 1893. Maria Löblich untersucht die Strategie des Bundesverbandes Deutscher Zeitungsverleger in den 1970er Jahren, Pressepolitik zu delegitimieren. Im Miszellen-Teil systematisiert Sandra Zawrel die bisherige Forschung zum Papierhandel im Europa der Frühen Neuzeit und Bernd Sösemann unterzieht die vom Institut für Zeitgeschichte München/Berlin herausgegebene Ausgabe von Hitlers'Mein Kampf'einer kritischen Würdigung. Im Besprechungsteil werden 79 Neuerscheinungen zur Kommunikationsgeschichte rezensiert, die Bibliographie verzeichnet darüber hinaus mehr als 1800 kommunikationshistorische Aufsätze aus internationalen Zeitschriften.