RESEARCH

 

My research focuses on the development of military cyber forces and and issues of force structure, the transatlantic gap in military innovation, and emerging strategic challenges for NATO and its members.

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Books and Book Chapters​

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• Blessing, J., Katherine K. Elgin, and Nele M. Ewers-Peters, eds., and Rakel Tiderman, assoc. ed. 2021. NATO 2030: Towards a New Strategic Concept and Beyond. Foreign Policy Institute/Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs, Johns Hopkins University SAIS: Washington, DC.

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• Blessing, J., K. Elgin, N. M. Ewers-Peters, R. Tiderman. 2021. "Introduction: New Decade, New Challenges, and New Opportunities: The Way Ahead to NATO 2030." In NATO 2030: Towards a New Strategic Concept and Beyond, eds. J. Blessing, K. Elgin, and N. M. Ewers-Peters, assoc. ed. R. Tiderman. Foreign Policy Institute/Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs, Johns Hopkins University SAIS: Washington, DC, 1-19.

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• Blessing, J. 2021. "Fail-Deadly, Fail-Safe, and Safe-to-Fail: The Strategic Necessity of Resilience in the Cyber Domain." In NATO 2030: Towards a New Strategic Concept and Beyond, eds. J. Blessing, K. Elgin, and N. M. Ewers-Peters, assoc. ed. R. Tiderman. Foreign Policy Institute/Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs, Johns Hopkins University SAIS: Washington, DC, 261-287.

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Articles

• The Advantage Gained: Building on USCYBERCOM-NSA's "Dual Hat" Synergy Model, Kybernao (with Richard Harknett)

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• Blessing, J. 2021. “The Global Spread of Cyber Forces, 2000-2018.” In 2021 13th International Conference on Cyber Conflict, eds. T. Jančárková, L. Lindström, G. Visky, and P. Zotz. Tallinn, Estonia: NATO CCDCOE Publications, 233–55.

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Reports

• One Plus Four: Charting NATO’s Future in an Age of Disruption, Transatlantic Leadership Network (contributor)​

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• Blessing, J. and Greg Austin. 2022. Assessing Military Cyber Maturity: Strategy, Institutions and Capability. The International Institute for Strategic Studies.

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Works in Progress​​​​​

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• “Estonia’s Path to Cyber Command”. Working paper.

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• "The Diffusion of Cyber Forces: Military Innovation and the Dynamic Implementation of Cyber Force Structures," Working book manuscript adapted from doctoral dissertation.