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“We see clear signs that we're no longer living in a classic state of peace“

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Michael Giss

Kapitän zur See Michael Giss, geboren 1964, ist seit September 2024 Kommandeur des Landeskommandos Baden-Württemberg in Stuttgart. Zuvor war er sechs Jahre in gleicher Verwendung in Hamburg.     

This article is part of issue 2024/02 Ready for War, Defense-Capable - and Peaceable?
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All articles in this issue

Ready to Fight a War? Peace Ethics Reflections
Franz-Josef Overbeck
“Keeping the Peace”: The Logic of Deterrence and the Language of ­Military Capability
Paul Silas Peterson
Suddenly Ready for War? German Pacifism in the “Zeitenwende”
Timo Graf
Conscription, War-Capable Bundeswehr and Defensive Society in Times of Hybrid Warfare
Andrea Ellner
Defense Capability – the Secret of Finnish Happiness?
Minna Ålander
If You Want Peace, Prepare for War: Deterrence Today
Beatrice Heuser

Specials

The Operational Plan for Germany – Building Block for a Whole-of-Government and Whole-of-Society Approach to Resilient Defence Readiness
André Bodemann
“We see clear signs that we're no longer living in a classic state of peace“
Michael Giss