Perspective on the Military Involvement in the War on Drugs - Is There a Better Way?

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel L. Whitten
Keyword(s):  
War On Drugs ◽  
Military Involvement ◽  
The Military

Algeria: Military Past as Prologue

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul E. Lenze, Jr.
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Cold War ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
The State ◽  
Foreseeable Future ◽  
Military Rule ◽  
Military Involvement ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Cold War ◽  
The Military

Algeria is a state in the Maghreb that has been dominated by military rule for the majority of its existence. The National People’s Army (ANP) used nationalism to justify its intervention into politics while ensuring that withdrawal would occur only if national identity were protected. Algeria, similar to other Middle Eastern states, underwent historical trajectories influenced by colonialism, the Cold War, and post-9/11 politics; briefly experimented with democracy; and as a result, experienced the military as the dominant institution in the state. The resignation of Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika after 20 years of rule in April 2019, following six weeks of popular protest, has raised questions as to whether democratization is possible. Algeria’s history of military involvement in politics, the strength of the military as an institution, and its cooperative links with domestic elites and international actors portend the endurance of authoritarianism for the foreseeable future.

scholarly journals Managing military involvement in emergency preparedness in developed countries

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 350-374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elvira Kaneberg
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Preparedness ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Management Policy ◽  
Policy Changes ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Civil Military Relations ◽  
Military Involvement ◽  
Military Relations ◽  
Civil Defence ◽  
The Military

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse supply chain network management (SCNM) in the context of emergency preparedness management (EPM). The results of this study revealed that civil-military relations are essential for EPM to function as a coordinated approach to safety and security, and are necessary to respond effectively to complex emergencies and mitigating threats to developed countries. Civil-military relations are still a concern in the context of communication, the exercise of authority, and the coordination of emergency supplies (ES) to emergency operations. Design/methodology/approach This qualitative study is based on field observations, with attention focused on the EPM of Sweden, Finland, and Poland. The analysis of a broader SCNM through EPM was supported by semi-structured interviews among civil-military actors in Sweden, information collected from informal conversations known as “hanging out”, and secondary materials. Empirically, the analysis included a variety of civil-military relationships and identified implications for management, policy, and planning that are applicable to developed countries. Findings The management of civil-military relations is a meaningful resource when used as an overall approach for safety and security. The integration of civil-military relations in EPM in the planning of ES is a long-standing and complex matter. The management of Swedish civil-military relations in EPM is recognising that implications for management are imbedded in continuous policy changes in, for example, the Swedish policy history. Civil-military relational complications that arise in the field of operations are impossible to anticipate during emergency planning, as those complications are grounded in policy changes. Originality/value Escalating threats to developed countries are highlighted. The study underlines the primary measures used in studying military involvement in EPM. An understanding of SCNM as a choice for management can be obtained in future research that focuses on a broader role of the military in EPM. Sweden has emphasised a clearer role for the military by reactivating total defence planning and by evolving common practices and processes with civil actors in civil defence. Meanwhile, Poland and Finland are increasing their focus on supporting the management of civil-military policies on safety and security regarding communication, authority, and developing coordination. Consistent with findings from previous reports on SCNM, civil-military relations are essential for EPM. This study confirmed the importance of civil-military coordination, the management and practice of authority, and shared forms of communication.

scholarly journals Military infectiology for biosecurity control

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 38-50
Author(s):  
K. V. Zhdanov ◽  
K. V. Kozlov ◽  
K. S. Ivanov ◽  
Yu. I. Lyashenko ◽  
V. S. Sukachev
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Medical Care ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Medical Specialty ◽  
Clinical Diagnostics ◽  
Military Medical Academy ◽  
Military Involvement ◽  
Medical Academy ◽  
Active Detection ◽  
The Military

The article describes action of the Infectious Diseases Service of the Armed Forces in national biosecurity control through leveraging experience of military involvement, emergencies, infectious epidemic outbreaks, including rescue measures rendered during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.We utilise experience of military infectiologists to exemplify medical care management under admission influx of contagious patients. Principles are clarified of early clinical diagnostics of potentially pandemic infectious diseases and early active detection, isolation, sorting and evacuation of contagious patients in martial and close field conditions. Besides, specifics of providing specialised medical care to contagious patients, including preventive intensive care, is detailed.In 2020, healthcare and legal authorities worldwide recognised the critical capability to act under conditions close to real combat and so satisfy a minimum qualification standard of a military doctor, including infectiologist’s skills, at both systemic and individual levels of infection control, regardless of primary medical specialty. From this perspective, expertise of the Chair of Infectious Diseases (with training in medical parasitology and tropical diseases) of the Military Medical Academy can be an asset both in practice and teaching in medical universities country-wide.

Changes in the Forecast

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Schwoch
Keyword(s):  
Native Americans ◽  
North America ◽  
National Security ◽  
Net Neutrality ◽  
Synoptic Meteorology ◽  
Military Involvement ◽  
Signal Corps ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Military ◽  
Weather Observation

The chapter opens with a discussion of the establishment of the Signal Service in 1870. The Signal Service was the weather observation branch of the Signal Corps, and the decision to establish weather observation posts across much of western North America also brought the military telegraph to those posts, thus expanding the scale and scope of military involvement with the telegraph on the frontier. This in turn led to greater surveillance and containment of Native Americans, as well as a host of issues between the government and the telegraph corporations: secrecy, net neutrality, circuit routing, national security, and wartime powers are some examples. Concepts of synoptic meteorology shaped surveillance of Native Americans and of the 1877 Railroad Strikes.

A disputed land: Italy, the military inter-allied commission and the plebiscite of Sopron

2014 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 126-144
Author(s):  
Alessandro Vagnini
Keyword(s):  
Political Strategy ◽  
Military Involvement ◽  
Dangerous Situation ◽  
Supreme Council ◽  
New States ◽  
Complex Events ◽  
The Military ◽  
European Diplomacy ◽  
The Great War

In the fall of 1918, after over four years of war, the cohesion of Austria-Hungary collapsed. In the aftermath of the Great War, Burgenland (Western Hungary) was part of a pattern of complex territorial issues, though it was actually the smallest disputed territory between Hungary and her successor states. The region became a disputed land after the Allied Supreme Council recommended the transfer of most of it to Austria. The internal crisis in Budapest, the Habsburg restoration attempts and the activities of many militia on the ground led to an extremely dangerous situation. Diplomatic and direct military involvement of the Powers eventually resolved the issue with an agreement providing for a plebiscite on the fate of Sopron and the other smaller towns of the region. At least until 1921 Western Hungary represented an element of destabilization in Europe, while its partition was a significant event in the evolution of relations between the two new states of Hungary and Austria, and a testing ground for European diplomacy. The purpose of this article is to highlight the role of Italy in these complex events and to elucidate the contribution of its military in the formulation of clearer political strategy.

THE INFLUENCE OF RUSSIAN MILITARY INVOLVEMENT IN THE WAR IN SYRIA

2019 ◽  
Vol 111 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-99
Author(s):  
Tomasz WÓJTOWICZ ◽  
Izabela BARSZNICA ◽  
Kamil DRĄG
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Military Intervention ◽  
Military Operations ◽  
Military Operation ◽  
Russian Army ◽  
Military Involvement ◽  
Middle East Conflict ◽  
Russian Military ◽  
The Military ◽  
Human Losses

The Russian military intervention in Syria, conducted between September 2015 and March 2016, was one of the crucial moments in the Middle East conflict which has evolved since 2011. It not only prevented the collapse of the regime of Bashar al-Assad but also enabled the initiative to be taken by the Syrian Arab Army. The simultaneous conducting of two military operations by the Russian army, i.e. the Russian involvement in both Ukraine and the Middle East, requires thorough investigations into the course of these operations. Such investigations may provide answers to a number of questions which appear of key importance to Poland, e.g., regarding Russia’s logistic and technological abilities to conduct military operations outside its territory, the military outcomes of the Russian intervention, and the potential social opposition to the human losses sustained by Russia as a result of such interventions. Considering the above, the aim of this article is to outline the Russian military intervention in Syria, and its influence on the course of the war. Special attention was paid to such issues as the causes behind the Russian intervention, the situation on the Syrian war frontlines prior to this intervention, the Russian forces engaged and the resources intended for this military operation, as well as its outcome.

scholarly journals Dragutin Dimitrijević Apis as a symbol of the Serbian strategic culture

Vojno delo ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 72 (4) ◽  
pp. 68-84
Author(s):  
Veljko Blagojević
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Strategic Culture ◽  
Ruling Elite ◽  
Military Involvement ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Military ◽  
Intelligence Officer

The paper is the analysis of the life and achievements of Colonel Dragutin Dimitrijević Apis, an army and intelligence officer, who significantly influenced the history of Serbs at the beginning of the 20th century. The turbulent, almost adventurous, life of Colonel Apis ended with the rigged trial in Thessaloniki in 1917. From then until the present day, Apis is used as a symbol of the Serbian strategic culture for the military involvement in politics, but also as a patriotic and self-sacrificing officer dependent on the needs of the ruling elite and the facts which subculture analysts belong to. The aim of this paper is to analyze the achievements of Colonel Apis in an analytical and objective way, to describe different strategic subcultures in Serbia on the example of the attitude towards the symbol of Apis and to remove certain misconceptions about the (mis)use of Colonel Apis and his legacy.

scholarly journals Militarisation Under COVID-19: Understanding the Differential Impact of Lockdown on the Forests of Colombia

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mónica Amador-Jiménez ◽  
Naomi Millner
Keyword(s):  
War On Drugs ◽  
Media Analysis ◽  
Forest Protection ◽  
Deforestation Rates ◽  
Military Presence ◽  
Colonial Histories ◽  
Recent Classification ◽  
The Military

Drawing on qualitative analysis and anthropological histories, we argue that deforestation rates in the Inter-Andean Valleys and in the Amazon Belt of Colombia reflect the specific role of the military in different articulations of the political forest along with new connections between conservation and the war on drugs. This paper examines the increase in deforestation in Colombia in 2020 that partially coincided with the “lockdown” imposed to curb the spread of COVID-19. Early media analysis linked this with the redeployment of military forces away from forest protection to impose lockdown restrictions. However, closer investigation reveals significant regional variation in both the reorganisation of military groups, and in the rate at which deforestation has materialised; military presence has increased in some regions, while in others deforestation has increased. To explain this, we unpack the “biopolitical” dimensions of international conservation to show how the specific deployment of military groups in Colombia reflects an interplay between notions of the protection of (species) life, longer colonial histories, and more recent classification of geographies in terms of riskiness and value.

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