Dr Pettersson is a researcher at the Swedish National Defence University, employed by the Swedish Armed Forces since 2000. She holds a PhD in Risk Management and Safety Engineer. Her research is concerned with SOF, Lessons Learned and specially focused on military international missions.Dr Eriksson has a PhD in Political Science and currently holds a Post-Doc position at the Swedish National Defence University at the Department of War Studies. Gunilla presented her PhD – The Intelligence Discourse – in 2013. Prior to that, she has been an intelligence analyst at the Swedish Military Intelligence and Security Service for 6 years.

• Introduction.- 1. Swedish Special Operations Forces: How it all started - Colonel Hans Ilis Alm.- 2. Contemporary Hybrid Warfare and the Evolution of Special Operations Theory - Lt General Dennis Gyllensporre.- 3. The utility of Special Operations in small states - Colonel Ronny Modigs.- 4. Swedish Special Operations Forces in a Global SOF Network- Challenges, Recommendations and Benefits - MLI and JCA.- 5. Do we need to get smarter? Small state leadership - PBO.- 6. Managing Special Talents - CJE and JSI.- 7. Does methodological superiority lead the way for SOF into cyber operations? - AAA.- 8. Irregular warfare - a strategy for small states? - MMI.- 9. Framing SOF intelligence - AWE.- Conclusion.

Dr Pettersson is a researcher at the Swedish National Defence University, employed by the Swedish Armed Forces since 2000. She holds a PhD in Risk Management and Safety Engineer. Her research is concerned with SOF, Lessons Learned and specially focused on military international missions.Dr Eriksson has a PhD in Political Science and currently holds a Post-Doc position at the Swedish National Defence University at the Department of War Studies. Gunilla presented her PhD – The Intelligence Discourse – in 2013. Prior to that, she has been an intelligence analyst at the Swedish Military Intelligence and Security Service for 6 years.

• Introduction.- 1. Swedish Special Operations Forces: How it all started - Colonel Hans Ilis Alm.- 2. Contemporary Hybrid Warfare and the Evolution of Special Operations Theory - Lt General Dennis Gyllensporre.- 3. The utility of Special Operations in small states - Colonel Ronny Modigs.- 4. Swedish Special Operations Forces in a Global SOF Network- Challenges, Recommendations and Benefits - MLI and JCA.- 5. Do we need to get smarter? Small state leadership - PBO.- 6. Managing Special Talents - CJE and JSI.- 7. Does methodological superiority lead the way for SOF into cyber operations? - AAA.- 8. Irregular warfare - a strategy for small states? - MMI.- 9. Framing SOF intelligence - AWE.- Conclusion.

Dr Pettersson is a researcher at the Swedish National Defence University, employed by the Swedish Armed Forces since 2000. She holds a PhD in Risk Management and Safety Engineer. Her research is concerned with SOF, Lessons Learned and specially focused on military international missions.Dr Eriksson has a PhD in Political Science and currently holds a Post-Doc position at the Swedish National Defence University at the Department of War Studies. Gunilla presented her PhD – The Intelligence Discourse – in 2013. Prior to that, she has been an intelligence analyst at the Swedish Military Intelligence and Security Service for 6 years.

• Introduction.- 1. Swedish Special Operations Forces: How it all started - Colonel Hans Ilis Alm.- 2. Contemporary Hybrid Warfare and the Evolution of Special Operations Theory - Lt General Dennis Gyllensporre.- 3. The utility of Special Operations in small states - Colonel Ronny Modigs.- 4. Swedish Special Operations Forces in a Global SOF Network- Challenges, Recommendations and Benefits - MLI and JCA.- 5. Do we need to get smarter? Small state leadership - PBO.- 6. Managing Special Talents - CJE and JSI.- 7. Does methodological superiority lead the way for SOF into cyber operations? - AAA.- 8. Irregular warfare - a strategy for small states? - MMI.- 9. Framing SOF intelligence - AWE.- Conclusion.