Dear Readers,We are pleased to present a new issue that brings together a varied set of peer-reviewed contributions addressing contemporary questions in security and defence from multiple disciplinary and methodological…
On 16 December 2025, as part of the instruction of the General Staff Course of the Centre for Security and Military Strategic Studies (CSMSS), a lecture was delivered by the…
Zdeněk Petráš, PhD., from the Centre for Security and Military Strategic Studies, participated in an international conference held from 17–20 November this year in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, which focused on…
Programme14:00 – 14:10Workshop openingRemarks by Col. (GS) Vladimír Vyklický, Ph.D., Deputy Director of CSMSS, University of DefenceIntroductory speech and presentation of the meeting’s objectives.14:10 – 14:25Keynote speech: Perspectives of the…
The German Reservists Association hosted its first Reserve Forces Symposium in Dresden last weekend. Under the title "Geopolitical Challenges in Eastern Europe and the Interoperability of Reserve Forces," more than…
From September 29 to October 2, 2025, an exercise was conducted as part of the 71st Course for Senior Officers. Course participants found themselves in a simulated armed conflict, where…
On 15 September 2025, the 44th General Staff Course (GSC) and the 71st Senior Officers Course (SOC) were ceremonially opened. Seventeen participants enrolled in the 44th GSC, including three from…
The incident that occurred is of a serious nature and will most likely have concrete consequences. From the perspective of air defence preparedness, the reaction of the North Atlantic Alliance…
The latest edition of the Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate, 2025) brings very positive news for the University of Defence’s journal Obrana a strategie, published by CSMSS. The journal has now…
Zdeněk Petráš, Ph.D., from the Centre for Security and Military Strategic Studies (CSMSS), comments on articles addressing the conclusions of the NATO Summit in The Hague, published on the official…
