Anders Klitmøller

We are a group of researchers that aims to draw together contemporary research, researchers, military practitioners, and others interested in military leadership. Not necessarily to become contrarians but to ask hard questions in return for interesting answers.

Given the importance of the subject to the military profession, surprisingly, little research is done into the actual practices of military commanders and their staff. Whatever research there is seems fragmented, spread out, and uncoordinated. 

This is what we are trying to change.

• We will curate existing research better to benefit the military profession across NATO and its partner nations in digestible formats and plain English.
• We will link researchers with other researchers to share experiences and encourage cross-disciplinary and cross-institutional cooperation.
• We could help researchers get or negotiate access to the, at times, closed military realm. When considering military security in the entire process, much research is possible.

Multi Domain Operations (MDO) is an emerging military idea that seeks to leverage and connect current and future capabilities across all domains to create better operational effects.

Key Danish operational partners including the US, NATO, the UK and France are beginning to frame their future doctrinal development and procurement cycles through the lens of MDO-like concepts.

However, the efforts to translate MDO as a set of optimal, theoretical, operational goals into

operational reality are in their early stages. Therefore, this project seeks to unpack what the implications of MDO are for the Danish Defence in terms of doctrine, capabilities, leadership, organisation and education.