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B - International security/Military realm
B.01 - Security in international relations
B.02 - Military and society
B.03 - Defence and security policy
B.04 - Defence and security policies cooperation
B.05 - Arms control/Disarmament
B.06 - Strategy
B.07 - Armed forces/Military units
B.08 - Military potential/Armament
B.09 - War/Warfare
B.10 - Organization of national defence
B - International security/Military realm
B.01 - Security in international relations
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Balance in international security
Collective security (principle)
Defence (Political-military concept)
Ecological security
Economic security
International security
International security structure
Maritime security
Military security
National security
Peacekeeping theory
Principle of equal security
Regional international security
Relations between strategy and politics
Stability in international security
Sufficiency (defence)
Theory of the causes of war
Theory of the prevention of war
Theory of war and peace
Theory of warfare
War as an instrument of policy
B.02 - Military and society
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Civil-military relations
Conscientious objection
Conscript system
Equity in conscription
Mercenaries
Militarization
Military
Military sociology
Military systems
Militia service system
National service (military)
Non-military national service
Political reliability of armed forces
Professional armies
Relations between the military and government/party
Security sector reform
B.03 - Defence and security policy
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B.03.01 - Defence and security policy, general
Alliance policy
Civilian defence
Civilian resistance
Civilian-military cooperation
Collective defence (principle)
Defence and security policy
Defence and security policy instruments
Defence planning
Defence structure
Defence/security policy of groups of states
Determinants of defence/security policy
Human security
Interrelationship between foreign and defence policy
Military and civilian defence
Military defence
Military diplomacy
Military policy
National defence (principle)
Non-military security policy
Nuclear policy
Regional security policy of groups of states
Regional security policy of states
Security concepts
Security policy interests
Security strategies
War powers (constitution)
B.03.02 - Foreign policy military measures
Demonstrative military measures
Invasion
Military alert
Military blockades
Military foreign policy measures
Military intervention
Military manoeuvres
War
B.04 - Defence and security policies cooperation
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B.04.01 - Defence and security policies cooperation, general
Airspace policy
Armaments cooperation
Armaments standardization
Defence and security relations
Defence coalition
Defence policy cooperation
International armed forces
International cooperation in armed forces planning
International security organizations
Joint military operations/jointness
Military advisers
Military cooperation
Military foreign aid
Military interoperability/combinedness
Military relations
Multilateral armed forces
Multinational armed forces
Nonproliferation of arms/related information
Nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction
Proliferation of arms/related information
Proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
Security policy cooperation
Strategic military international cooperation
B.04.02 - International nuclear cooperation
Changes in nuclear weapons potential
Civil nuclear states
Control of fissionable material circulation (verification)
Illegal transfer of nuclear information or material
International nuclear controls
International nuclear cooperation
Major nuclear weapons states
Non-nuclear states
Nonproliferation of nuclear weapons
Nuclear states
Nuclear states - non-nuclear states relations
Nuclear states relations
Nuclear threshold states
Nuclear weapons states
Nuclear weapons states - civil nuclear states relations
Nuclear weapons states relations
Proliferation of nuclear weapons
Regulations on nuclear information/material transfer
Transfer of nuclear material
Transfer/publication of nuclear information
B.04.03 - Military bases abroad
Airspace presence abroad
Deployment of nuclear weapons abroad
Dismantling military bases abroad
Establishing military bases abroad
Maritime presence abroad
Military bases/arms depots abroad
Military bases/troops abroad policy
Military presence abroad
Power projection
Stationing of troops abroad
Stationing of troops agreements
Withdrawal of nuclear weapons from abroad
Withdrawal of troops from abroad
B.04.04 - Defence alliances
Alliance policy
Alliance responsibility
Alliance territory
Burden-sharing (alliances)
Conditions for invoking alliances
Conventional defence contributions to alliances
Defence contributions to alliances
Defence policy questions within an alliance
Delimitation of national and alliance responsibilities
International military commanders
Intra-alliance conflicts
Military defence organizations
Military guarantees
Multilateral armed forces
Multinational armed forces
National responsibility in alliances
Nuclear defence contributions to alliances
Out of area activities
Security alliances
Security interests outside alliance territories
B.04.05 - Nuclear weapons in an alliance
Allied operational planning on nuclear weapons use
Codetermination of nuclear weapons use
Deployment of nuclear weapons abroad
Dual capable systems
Forward based systems
Joint solutions on nuclear weapons
Nuclear defence contributions to alliances
Release procedures for nuclear weapons use
Withdrawal of nuclear weapons from abroad
B.05 - Arms control/Disarmament
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B.05.01 - Arms control/Disarmament, general
Arms control
Arms control policy
Biological weapons control
Chemical weapons control
Confidence building measures
Conventional arms control
Disarmament
Effects of arms control on other areas
General and complete disarmament
Global arms control
Nuclear disarmament
Nuclear weapons control
Outer space arms control
Regional arms control
B.05.02 - Arms control measures
Arms control limitation measures
Arms control measures
Arms control measures, not disarmament related
Arms control obligations
Arms control prohibition measures
Arms control renunciation measures
Arms control surveillance
Arms transfer (arms control)
Defence budgets as arms control instrument
Demilitarized zones
Deployment of military units (arms control)
Destruction of weapons (arms control)
Disarmament (qualitative partial measures)
First use/no first use of weapons
Fixing of ceilings (arms control)
Geographical extent of arms control measures
Grey area weapons
Impairment of civilian use of technology through arms control
Limitation of military strength (arms control)
Maintenance of military strength (arms control)
Military strength (arms control)
Nonproliferation of arms/related information
Nonproliferation of nuclear weapons
Nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction
Nuclear weapons free zones
Organized information exchange (arms control)
Possession of weapons (arms control)
Prior notification of military exercises (arms control)
Production of weapons (arms control)
Proliferation of arms/related information
Proliferation of nuclear weapons
Proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
Qualitative factors (arms control)
Reduction of military strength (arms control)
Repurchase of weapons
Unilateral arms control measures
Use of weapons (arms control)
Weapon storage (arms control)
Weapon tests (arms control)
Weapons development (arms control)
Withdrawal of troops (arms control)
Withdrawal of weapons (arms control)
Zones defined for arms control measures
Zones free of specific weapons
Zones of reduced military activity
B.05.03 - Verification in arms control
Air surveillance (verification)
Arms control surveillance
Control of civilian facilities with regard to military use
Control of fissionable material circulation (verification)
Dual use technology
Inspection (verification)
International verification
Manoeuvres observation (arms control)
Monitoring by instruments (verification)
National technical means (arms control verification)
National verification (arms control)
Nuclear weapons control verification
On site inspections (verification)
Prior notification of military exercises (arms control)
Satellite observation (arms control verification)
Supervision based on suspicion (arms control verification)
Technical surveillance systems for verification
Verification (arms control)
Verification as a means of arms control
Verification procedures (arms control)
Violation of arms control regulations
Weapons registers
B.05.04 - Arms control policy
Arms control agreements
Arms control conferences
Arms control diplomacy
Arms control initiatives/declarations of intent
Arms control negotiations
Arms control organizations
Arms control plans
Arms control policy
Contractual arms limitation of individual states
Contractual arms limitation on collective basis
Contractual restrictions of warfare
Execution of arms control regulations
Relationship between political and military arms control issues
B.06 - Strategy
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B.06.01 - Strategy, general
Air war strategy
Assessment of strategic situation
Combat missions
Concepts for use of armed forces
Credibility of deterrence
Deterrence theory
Land war strategy
Military doctrine
Military posture
Military science/defence studies
Military strategy
Military tactics
Naval strategy
Security concepts
Strategic debates
Strategic operations
Strategic options
Strategic planning
Strategic theory
Strategy and tactics
Strategy and warfare
War aims
War scenario
B.06.02 - Strategic conception
Ability to limit wars
Ability to win wars
Alternative security concepts
Area defence
Containment policy
Conventional defence
Determinants/aims of strategic concepts
Deterrence/deterrence strategy
Forward defence
Global strategic concepts
Information dominance (strategic)
Military determinants/aims of strategic concepts
Military threat assessment
National strategic concepts
Offensive defence
Offensive military strategy
Perceptions of threat (security policy)
Political determinants/aims of strategic concepts
Regional strategic concepts
Risk of military damage
Strategic balance
Strategic concepts
Strategic concepts of an alliance
Strategic defence potential
Strategic superiority
Structural incapacity for offensive action
B.06.03 - Nuclear strategy
Assured destruction
Credibility of deterrence
Deployment of nuclear weapons
Deterrence/deterrence strategy
Escalation problems (strategic interaction)
First use of nuclear weapons
First-strike capability
Mutual assured destruction
Nuclear deterrence
Nuclear strategy
Nuclear threshold
Safeguards (Strategic defence)
Second strike capability
Strategic defence
Strategic interactions
Strategy of graduated retaliation
Strategy of massive retaliation
B.06.04 - Military balance
Assessment of enemy defence capabilities
Assessment of strategic situation
Defence capabilities evaluation criteria
Military balance
Perceptions of threat (security policy)
Strategic balance
Troop levels
B.07 - Armed forces/Military units
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B.07.01 - Armed forces/Military units, general
Armed forces planning
Armed forces structure
Armed forces transformation
Armed forces/military units
Concepts for use of armed forces
Conventional forces
Crisis intervention forces
Military
Military recruitment
Nuclear forces
Stationing of military units
Stationing of troops abroad
Strategic forces
Structural changes in armed forces/military units
Tactical forces
Territorial defence forces
B.07.02 - Branches of the armed services/Arms of the services
Air force
Armed forces branches
Armoured forces
Arms of the service
Army
Army airforces
Artillery
Marines
Mechanized infantry
Military engineers
Naval air forces
Naval units
Navy
Role/mission of the armed forces branches
Tactical air forces
B.07.03 - Military special forces
Air defence units
Airborne troops
Anti-aircraft artillery
General purpose forces
Medical units (armed forces)
Military police
NBC troops
National armed forces/government troops
Rapid deployment forces
Special forces
B.07.04 - Nuclear forces
Intermediate range nuclear forces
Long range nuclear forces
Medium range nuclear forces
Strategic air forces
Strategic missile forces
Strategic naval forces
Strategic nuclear forces
Tactical nuclear forces
B.07.05 - Paramilitary forces
Border guards
Child soldiers
Civil defence units
Coastguards
Guerilla units
Mercenaries
National/home guards
Paramilitary forces
Police troops
Private security companies
Terrorists/terrorist groups
B.08 - Military potential/Armament
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B.08.01 - Defence capabilities
Armament planning
Armament programmes
Armaments policy
Armed forces morale
Armed forces planning
Arms race
Assessment of enemy defence capabilities
Civil defence strength
Combat efficiency
Concepts for use of armed forces
Concepts for use of weapon systems
Defence capabilities
Defence capabilities evaluation criteria
Disarmament
Elimination of weapons/equipment
Military effectiveness
Military efficiency
Military infrastructure
Military logistics facilities
Military posture
Military readiness
Military risk factors
Military strength in equipment
Military strength in personnel
Military threat assessment
Rearmament
Reconstitution capability
Surplus weapons
Troop levels
Weapons capability
B.08.02 - Defence budget/Defence expenditure
Defence budgets
Defence budgets as percentage of total budget/GNP
Defence expenditure
Defence expenditure on investment
Defence expenditure on operation/maintenance
Defence expenditure on personnel
Relationship of defence budget to economic growth
Stationing costs
B.08.03 - Military research and development
Combat effectiveness improvement
Concepts for use of weapon systems
Introduction of new weapons/equipment
Joint civilian-military research and development
Military options for use of weapons/weapon systems
Military procurement projects
Military research and development
Military science/defence studies
Military weapons/equipment requirements
Modernization of weapons/weapon systems
New weapons/new equipment
Non-military use of defence technology
Non-military use of military R&D
Political significance of weapon systems
Successor weapon systems
Weapons/equipment development and testing
B.08.04 - Military infrastructure
Air bases
Air-based weapon platforms/bases
Dismantling military bases abroad
Establishing military bases abroad
Land-based weapon platforms/bases
Location of military facilities
Military bases
Military bases/arms depots abroad
Military buildings/facilities
Military exercise grounds
Military infrastructure
Missile silos
Naval bases
Sea-based weapon platforms/bases
Space-based weapon platforms/bases
B.08.05 - Procurement economy/Defence economy
Armaments cooperation
Armaments industry
Armaments standardization
Armaments/defence economy
Arms embargoes
Arms production
Conversion of armament industries
Defence contracts
Domestic procurement of arms/military equipment
Foreign defence economy relations
Illegal arms transfer/arms trade
Military rationalization
Military use of civilian R&D
Military-industrial complex
Non-military use of defence technology
Nuclear weapons complex
Procurement of arms/military equipment abroad
Sale of arms/delivery of arms
Technological developments with military significance
B.09 - War/Warfare
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B.09.01 - Types of war
Accidential nuclear strike
Air warfare
Asymmetric warfare
Biological warfare
Blitzkrieg
Chemical warfare
Civil wars
Conduct of armed conflicts (international law)
Conventional wars
Counterinsurgency
Covert wars
Electromagnetic pulses
Electronic warfare
Environmental warfare
Geographical extent of wars
Geographically limited wars
Ground warfare
Guerilla war
Holy War (Islam)
Information warfare
Justification of wars/armed conflicts
Limited nuclear war
Limited war (medium intensity)
Local military operations
Low intensity warfare
National liberation wars
Naval warfare
Nuclear counterstrikes
Nuclear strikes
Nuclear wars
Psychological warfare
Space warfare
Strategic air warfare
Tactical air warfare
Total war (medium intensity)
War
War by mistake
War by proxy
Warfare
World war
B.09.02 - Military operations
Aggression (military)
Battle
Combat
Control of own military operations
Counterattack
Course of battles
Covert operations
Defence (Political-military concept)
Defence measures
Invasion
Military operations
Offensive
Preemptive attack
Preventive attack
Preventive military measures
Repulsion of attacks
Retreat (military)
Surprise attack
B.09.03 - Operations of branches of the armed forces
Aerial attacks/bombardments
Air combat
Air defence
Air reconnaissance
Air support (war)
Air supremacy
Airborne landing
Amphibious operations
Anti-aircraft defence
Anti-submarine warfare
Anti-tank defence
Ballistic missile defence
CBRN defence
Escort
Interdiction (military)
Joint military operations/jointness
Military information operations
Military interoperability/combinedness
Mine laying/mine sweeping
Naval supremacy
Night combat
Operations of the armed forces branches
Protection of sea routes
Space based defence
Space warfare
B.09.04 - Military targets
Critical infrastructures
Damage limitation in military conflicts
Military target planning
Military targets: civilian infrastructure
Military targets: civilian population
Military targets: military facilities
Nuclear target planning
Target vulnerability
Targets of military operations
B.09.05 - Military-geographical factors
Areas of military operations
Combat areas
Deployment of military units
Deployment of weapon systems
Geographical extent of wars
Geostrategic situation
Location of military facilities
Military conflict areas
Military-geographical factors
Military-geographical position of a country
Military-geographical position of an alliance
Problems with military-geographical flanks
Rear combat zones
Stationing of military units
Theatres of war
War on several fronts
B.09.06 - Preparation for military operations
Early warning periods
Evacuation
General staff exercises
Measures short of war
Military alert
Military exercises
Military manoeuvres
Military mobilization
Military reserves
Mobility of armed forces
Mobilization of military units
Preparation for military operations
Preparations for war
Timing factors in the use of armed forces
Troop movements
Wargames
B.09.07 - Course of war
Armistice
Armistice agreements
CBRN protection
Capitulation
Causes of war
Civil defence facilities
Civil defence units
Civil defence/disaster prevention
Civilian population
Combatants (persons)
Cost of war
Course of war
Decisive factors in war
Declaration of war
Demobilization
Duration of war
Outbreak of war
Peace negotiations
Peace terms
Peace treaties
Protection of cultural assets in military conflicts
Termination/end of war
Unconditional surrender
War crimes
War termination agreements
Wartime economies
B.09.08 - Consequences of war
Annexation
Assessment of the consequences of war
Colateral damage
Confiscation of property (consequences of war)
Consequences of war
Desertion
Disappeared persons/missing persons
Displaced persons
Ethnic cleansing
Expulsion of peoples
Forced relocation/deportation
Indemnity/compensation
Internment
Internment camps
Looting
Massacres
Military administration (occupying power)
Nuclear winter
Occupation
Occupation law
Occupation policy
Occupied territories
Occupying powers
Postwar planning
Postwar situation
Prisoner of war camps
Prisoners of war
Radiation damage
Reconstruction
Refugees
Reparations
Repatriation/reintegration
Restitution of property
Suppression/reprisals
Veterans
War casualties
War crimes
War damage to property
War damage/war losses
War dead
War wounded and disabled
B.10 - Organization of national defence
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B.10.01 - Legal aspects of national defence
Legal framework for defence
Military courts
Military law
Military penal law
Military service law
B.10.02 - Leadership/Command in military and civilian defence
Armed forces staff/general staff
Commander in chief of a branch of the armed forces
Defence studies organizations
Military command and control structure
Military commanders
Military commanders in chief of the armed forces
Military leadership
Ministers of defence
Ministries of defence
Organization of national defence
Political leadership of military and civilian defence
Principles of military command
Supreme military command
Supreme political authority for military and civilian defence
B.10.03 - Military units/Military agencies
Armed forces structure
Armed forces/military units
Central military agencies
Large scale military units (above division)
Medium scale military units (divisions/brigades)
Military command agencies
Military districts
Military headquarters
Military institutions
Military units
Naval units
Small scale military units (below brigades)
B.10.04 - Military personnel/Military training
Captains/lieutenants
Defence colleges
Generals/admirals
Leadership in the armed forces
Low ranked military personnel
Majors/colonels
Military careers
Military education/training establishments
Military exercises
Military personnel
Military personnel affairs
Military personnel situation
Military recruitment
Military reservists training
Military service ranks
Military training
Noncommissioned officers
Officers (armed services)
Officers schools (armed services)
Political education in the armed forces
Political officers (armed services)
Pre-military training
Professional military personnel
Reservists
Specialized professional training for soldiers
B.10.05 - Administration in the military field
Administration in the military field
Civilian employees of armed forces
Military regulations
Pastoral care of the armed forces
B.10.06 - Military logistics
Airlift
In-flight refuelling
Maintenance/repair of defence materials
Military air transport
Military lines of supply
Military logistics
Military logistics facilities
Military material storage
Military naval transport
Military procurement
Military transport
B.10.07 - Military intelligence, communication and command
Battlefield surveillance
Detection/warning systems for flying objects
Early warning satellites
Early warning systems (military)
Electromagnetic intelligence
Electronic surveillance
Electronic warfare
Information warfare
Military C3I/C4I systems
Military communication and command
Military communications
Military communications equipment
Military communications network
Military communications software
Military counterintelligence
Military intelligence
Military intelligence services
Military reconnaissance
Military satellites
Military surveillance of airspace
Protection from surprise attacks
Reconnaissance satellites