Security Studies for Individuals

Table of Contents Nuclear Strategy for Individuals Bellum Omnium Contra Omnes Diplomacy Studying at the Swedish Defence University gives you an odd way of thinking, where everything can be modelled through the lenses of nuclear strategy, international relations (ir), and the tactics employed in various contemporary and historical conflicts. These are also not only subjects for the lecture hall and library, but for the lunch room and nights out on the town. Such topics are of course interesting for their own sake, but they also reveal something about how to deal with conflict more broadly — as one force diametrically opposed to the interests of the other. Conflict is not only present in the high-stakes world of inter-state warfare, but in every facet of life. Studying how conflict appears and is resolved is therefore useful for dealing with all kinds of conflict on a personal level. This is especially true for the more political aspects of war. This is why Sun Tzu’s The Art of War is…