Dominika Kunertova

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Hyperschall-Technologie: bewaffnet und überbewertet
Kunertova, Dominika (2021)
CSS Analysen zur Sicherheitspolitik
Marschflugkörper und Gleitflugkörper, die sich mit mehr als der fünffachen Schallgeschwindigkeit über eine unvorhersehbare Flugbahn fortbewegen können und dabei das Ziel erst im letzten Moment offenbaren, sind zur Realität geworden. Hyperschall-Waffensysteme sind auf dem besten Weg, bis zur Mitte dieses Jahrzehnts die strategischen Stabilitätsparameter nachhaltig zu verändern.
The War against Ukraine Shapes NATO’s Future
Kunertova, Dominika; Masuhr, Niklas (2022)
CSS Policy Perspectives
The Russian invasion of Ukraine revitalized NATO and marked the return of US leadership in the alliance. However, the coming months may prove more difficult for NATO to navigate due to a series of dilemmas that could endanger its cohesion.
From Robots to Warbots: Reality Meets Science Fiction
Kunertova, Dominika (2021)
CSS Analyses in Security Policy
The ongoing robotization of armed forces raises concerns about the desirability of autonomous systems with lethal capacity. In contrast, unarmed military robots have already improved and supplied capabilities unconstrained by human physical limitations. But despite the long-term efforts to develop fully autonomous systems, no military robot can lift the fog of war.
Assessing NATO's cohesion: methods and implications
Kunertova, Dominika; Schmitt, Olivier (2024)
International Politics
While united in initial responses to Putin's aggression in Ukraine, NATO members face challenges as the alliance adapts to a significantly worsened security environment. Although Russia's war in Ukraine provided NATO with a unifying threat, we argue that external factors are not sufficient to maintain its cohesion. This forum contribution develops a conceptual tool to assess alliance cohesion across both political and military dimensions, thus highlighting the agency of the "architects", "bricoleurs", and "agnostics" in shaping NATO's internal politics. This approach allows for estimating the degree to which allies coordinate their political objectives, as well as the effectiveness of strategies to achieve them. To estimate the strength of alliance cohesion, we introduce four cohesion drivers-security threats, norms, institutions, and leadership-and assessment criteria. This article outlines three scenarios modelled on the war in Ukraine, suggesting that alliance cohesion suffers the most during prolonged security crises. Using this assessment tool can provide the "architects" of European security with ideas for policies aimed at strengthening NATO cohesion.
The war in Ukraine shows the game-changing effect of drones depends on the game
Kunertova, Dominika (2023)
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has led to the first large-scale, high intensity war where both sides have extensively deployed military and commercial drones. What the conflict has so far highlighted is that the frequently mentioned "game-changing effect" of drones on warfare depends on the game. Based on their category, drones produce distinctive military effects either as an extension of air power or as ammunition. Military thinking is therefore changing, making armed drones more politically acceptable. There is also reduced focus on the large armed and surveillance drones known from counterterrorism operations, as better integrated small drone scouts now serve land forces in combat. Far from being a mere security nuisance, small drones have yet to be effectively countered with air defenses. Military and dual-use export controls require adaptation to keep pace with these evolving battlefield realities. The drone lessons of the war in Ukraine thus point to many future challenges lying in wait for the international community.
The Future of the Global Drone Market Will Not Be ‘Made in Europe’
Kunertova, Dominika (2021)
World Politics Review
Europe’s efforts to build its own unmanned aerial vehicle, known as the Eurodrone, got a boost with new funding from the European Union this summer, but that will not save the project from obsolescence. CSS' Dominika Kunertova argues for the WPR how large drones are going global, rapidly becoming more weaponized and diverse, but European countries are still muddling through with the development of their own indigenous, long-endurance drone.
NATO burden-sharing: past, present, future
McGerty, Fenella; Kunertova, Dominika; Sargeant, Madison; et al. (2022)
Defence Studies
How can NATO upgrade its understanding of (and metrics for) fair burden-sharing? Alliance burden-sharing is a lasting concern for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and will remain a focal point of the NATO 2022 Strategic Concept. Public discussions of NATO burden-sharing and the 2014 Defense Investment Pledge overemphasize defense expenditure and fail to account for alternative frameworks for understanding alliance burden-sharing and specifically, NATO’s optimal burden-share distribution. The U.S. Military Academy’s February 2022 NATO Strategic Concept Seminar featured a panel on burden-sharing frameworks and metrics. In this article, we present the main ideas and arguments, placed within the existing literature on alliance burden-sharing. We argue that, in the long-run, NATO can develop more fair, effective, and efficient burden-sharing arrangements by encouraging weapons and capability specialization, increasing inexpensive but influential operations such as advisory missions, and adapting flexible command and control structures when partnering with non-NATO actors on future battlefields. We argue that, in the short-run, NATO can refine the Defense Investment Pledge with a balanced focus on Cash, Capabilities, and Contributions while also extending the deadline for complete compliance with existing expenditure benchmarks until 2030.
Europäische Verteidigungspolitik: Zeitenwende mit Vorbehalt
Kunertova, Dominika (2022)
CSS Analysen zur Sicherheitspolitik
Der kollektive Schock des russischen Einmarschs in die Ukraine am 24. Februar liess Europa zusammenrücken, hauchte der NATO neues Leben ein und veranlasste mehrere europäische Länder, ihre Verteidigungspolitik und Abhängigkeit von russischer Energie zu überdenken. Doch alte Spannungslinien bestehen fort und weitreichende Veränderungen der europäischen Politik- und Sicherheitsarchitektur brauchen Zeit.
Politique de défense européenne: une nouvelle ère?
Kunertova, Dominika (2022)
Politique de sécurité: analyses du CSS
L’invasion de l’Ukraine par la Russie le 24 février 2022 a suscité un sursaut d’unité en Europe, ravivé l’OTAN et conduit plusieurs pays européens à réévaluer leurs politiques de défense et leur dépendance stratégique vis-à-vis de l’énergie russe. Mais les anciennes lignes de fracture sont toujours présentes et il faudra du temps pour que ces évolutions majeures de l’architecture politique et sécuritaire européenne se concrétisent.
Les nouvelles armes hypersoniques
Kunertova, Dominika (2021)
Politique de sécurité: analyses du CSS
Aujourd’hui, des missiles de croisière et des planeurs boostés peuvent dépasser cinq fois la vitesse du son sur une trajectoire imprévisible, en ne dévoilant leur cible qu’au tout dernier moment. Les systèmes d’armes hypersoniques modifieront les paramètres de la stabilité stratégique d’ici le milieu de la décennie. Pour autant, l’ampleur de leur effet perturbateur reste difficile à évaluer avec précision.

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