Total Defence: The Scandinavian Model of Systemic Civil Resilience
Technical Analysis of Whole-of-Society Integration and Critical Infrastructure Protection
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The evolution of security in the North-Eastern quadrant of Europe has mandated a profound revision of traditional defensive paradigms, leading to the urgent rediscovery of the Total Defence concept. This model, which is historically rooted in the Scandinavian nations, is based on the technical realization that state protection can no longer be delegated exclusively to the military forces in a narrow sense.
In an era characterized by the return of high-intensity conflict and the constant pressure of hybrid threats, civil resilience has emerged as the central pillar of modern deterrence by denial strategies.
Key questions this report answers
- What is the Scandinavian Total Defence model, and why does it treat civil resilience as the central pillar of deterrence by denial?
- How does Total Defence redistribute security responsibility beyond the military in the narrow sense to civil society and industry?
- Which hybrid-threat and high-intensity-conflict pressures are driving the rediscovery of Total Defence in North-Eastern Europe?
- What investment and procurement priorities does a systemic civil-resilience model imply for governments and suppliers?
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