Adjudicating competing theories: does civilian control over the military decrease conflict?/ Edward Gonzalez

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: 2024Subject(s): In: Armed Forces & Society, Volume 50, Number 1, January 2024, pg. 149-176Summary: What explains variation in the propensity for conflict involvement and initiation among states? In the study of international security, a debate remains between those who argue stronger civilian control of the military lowers the likelihood of interstate conflict, and those who argue stronger civilian control of the military lowers the likelihood of interstate conflict, and those who argue that states with stronger civilian control over the military will be more conflict-prone. This article adjudicates between these competing theories through the use of a newly published measure of civilian control over the military.
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What explains variation in the propensity for conflict involvement and initiation among states? In the study of international security, a debate remains between those who argue stronger civilian control of the military lowers the likelihood of interstate conflict, and those who argue stronger civilian control of the military lowers the likelihood of interstate conflict, and those who argue that states with stronger civilian control over the military will be more conflict-prone. This article adjudicates between these competing theories through the use of a newly published measure of civilian control over the military.

CIVIL-MILITARY REALTIONS, NEWARTICLS

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