What Do We Know about Alliances and Military Spending?
In the face of direct threats, where potential opponents are carefully weighing alliance credibility, calling alliance commitment into question may increase the risk of costly wars.
Thinking Global Podcast – Megan MacKenzie
Megan MacKenzie speaks about Military Sexual Violence, military exceptionalism, media coverage, the ethics of data collection, and why soldiers swap illicit pictures.
Opinion – Poland’s Territorial Defense Forces: A Solution for Revitalizing Canada’s Reservists
Establishing a territorial defense force could help Canada reclaim its international status as it would rejoin its partners in rebuffing hybridized threats.
Interview – Katharine Millar
Katharine Millar highlights the importance of gendered narratives and norms to the study of international politics, particularly violence, militarism, and cybersecurity.
Review – Watermelon Democracy
This book explores the overpromised and underdelivered nature of democracy in Egypt, and questions the contribution of various factors.
Why India Needs a Gender Policy for its Armed Forces
The impediments to women’s integration in the Indian military are rooted in gender biases and specific constructs of femininities and masculinities.
Military Honor in the Twenty-First Century: Some Contemporary Challenges
Military honor is a concept that elicits an interpretive attitude and therefore can evolve to accommodate new contents and meanings.
Opinion – The Diplomatic Challenges for Humanity in Space
If we do not develop a united and ethical basis for exploring space that goes beyond national interests it could be our undoing as a species.
Russian Military Aggression or ‘Civil War’ in Ukraine?
Putin’s inability to comprehend his mistakes and his longevity in power for another sixteen years make the chances for peace low.
‘Press the Reset Button:’ Right-Wing Extremism in Germany’s Military
Countering right-wing extremism within the armed forces requires a broad strategy which takes into account the rise of right-wing extremism in all aspects of German life.
