Understanding Civil-Military Relations Today: The Case of Thailand with Implications for Emerging Democracies in Asia

2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Chambers
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Democracies ◽  
Civil Military Relations ◽  
Military Relations

Role Model or Role Expansion? Popular Perceptions of the Military in Tunisia

2021 ◽  
pp. 106591292110014
Author(s):  
Holger Albrecht ◽  
Michael Bufano ◽  
Kevin Koehler
Keyword(s):  
Role Model ◽  
Public Support ◽  
Democratic Consolidation ◽  
Transition To Democracy ◽  
Emerging Democracies ◽  
Civil Military Relations ◽  
Role Expansion ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Military Relations ◽  
The Military

This article introduces a theory on military role expansion in emerging democracies and poses a broad question: who wants the military to adopt which role in society and politics? Drawing on an original, nationally representative survey conducted in Tunisia, the article explores people’s preferences for the military to remain a security provider or serve in government and contribute to policing protests. Findings reveal that public support for military role expansion is substantial and varies across political cleavages. We test hypotheses to account for cleavages driven by the country’s authoritarian past versus partisan divides during Tunisia’s transition to democracy. Findings indicate that popular support for military role expansion is driven by anti-system sentiments prevalent in contemporary Tunisian politics: while voters prefer the military as a role model for security provision, non-voters support its enhanced role in politics. These observations have ample implications for the research programs on civil–military relations and the dynamics of democratic consolidation. Tunisia’s experience warrants greater attention to anti-system attitudes caused by people’s disillusionment with democratic procedures. In turn, authoritarian legacies do not appear to play a prominent role during such challenging transitions toward democratic consolidation.

Conceptualising Civil-Military Relations in Emerging Democracies

2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aurel Croissant ◽  
David Kuehn ◽  
Paul W Chambers ◽  
Siegfried O Wolf
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Democracies ◽  
Civil Military Relations ◽  
Military Relations

The Nature and Future of Civil-Military Relations in Indonesia

Asian Survey ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 692-706 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terence Lee
Keyword(s):  
Civil Military Relations ◽  
Military Relations

The Sovereigns and Civil-Military Relations in Nigerian Fourth Republic

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-59
Author(s):  
Nelson Goldpin Obah-Akpowoghaha ◽  
◽  
Adegbite Simon Aboluwoye ◽  
Kelechi Johnmary Ani ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Civil Military Relations ◽  
Fourth Republic ◽  
Military Relations

Civil Military Relation and Stabilization in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Pakistan

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tughral Yamin
Keyword(s):  
Paper Briefly ◽  
Conflict Zones ◽  
Stabilization Process ◽  
Civil Military Relations ◽  
Salient Points ◽  
Military Relations ◽  
The Military ◽  
Tribal Areas

The importance of civil military relations assumes seminal importance in ensuring the success of all phases of a counter insurgency campaign. In the true tradition of the Clausewitzian dictum that war is the continuation of policy and vice versa; Pakistan Army has been employed as a matter of policy in counter insurgency operations in the erstwhile tribal areas. They have also been used in the stabilization operations to bring about normality in the insurgency ridden areas. In fact the employment of Pakistan Army in the stabilization process defies any previous example in any other country. In all phases of the conflict cycle, the military has worked hand in glove with its civilian counterparts. The civil-military coordination (CIMIC) in the insurgency ridden areas has taken place within the framework of the established ground rules of an organized counter insurgency campaign. It would not be unfair to say that the return to normality in the erstwhile FATA has only been possible because of a well-knit CIMIC architecture. This paper briefly explicates the salient points of the CIMIC aspect of the counter and post-insurgency part of the operations in the conflict zones and highlights the importance of this aspect of dealing with insurgencies.

McNamara vs. the JCS Vietnam's Operation ROLLING THUNDER: A Failure in Civil-Military Relations

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
George H. Rhynedance ◽  
IV
Keyword(s):  
Civil Military Relations ◽  
Military Relations

Clausewitz on Civil-Military Relations: What Hitler Should Have Known

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Morgan
Keyword(s):  
Civil Military Relations ◽  
Military Relations
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