Defence Strategic Communications is an international peer-reviewed academic journal. The journal is a project of the NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence (NATO StratCom COE). It is produced for scholars, policy makers, and practitioners around the world.

Contents:

Foreword: In Celebration of the Essay / Neville Bolt, p. 5

The Future Is More Than What Happens Next: Strategic Communications and the Twenty-First Century / Neville Bolt, p. 14

State of Disrepair: Technological Ambition, Global Fragmentation, and the End of the Postwar Order / A Review Essay by Andrew Cheatham, p. 47

Terror as a Postmodern Game: Unexpected Conclusions about Russian Propaganda from Two Art Exhibitions / A Review Essay by Dimitar Vatsov, p. 74

Germany’s Democracy between ‘Battlesome’ and Embattled / A Review Essay by Maria Golubeva, p. 88

How Difficult It Is to Recover a Future Once Stolen: The Case of Latvia / A Review Essay by Gatis Krūmiņš, p. 97

Change through Resonance in Classical Ballet / A Review Essay by Chiyuki Aoi, p. 114

Leadership Lessons from the Limelight and Shadows / A Review Essay by Mitch Ilbury, p. 132

The Tyranny of Hope / A Review Essay by Paul Bell, p. 148

How China Uses Fentanyl and Mexico’s Cartels to Subvert the USA: A Study in Strategic Communications / A Review Essay by James Farwell and Lt Col. Jahara ‘Franky’ Matisek , p. 167