Having a military that is representative of the population is a stated social goal by policy makers. Since the armed …, and contrary to popular perception, those who joined the military had higher than median family income and wealth. The … lowest and highest parental income categories are both underrepresented in the military. Those who joined were more likely to …

The effects of military service have been studied for decades, but surprisingly few studies have estimated the effects … of World War II (WW2) service, where the focus has been on the impact of this 'total war' on the broader civilian … population. Over 90% of Australian males born in the early 1920s served in the military during WW2. Almost none of those born in …

directly. We focus on civilian regimes and find that war decreases the payoff to the military from both forms of involvement … involved in policy-making, potentially having a large impact on economic outcomes. This paper examines the role of the military … in setting policy. For this purpose it develops one of the first models of the military, where its political involvement …

paradigm. Motivated by certain debates, this paper takes a deeper look at how international law regulates the military action … paper explores the effect of using military action on Iraq. The second part then examines the role of international … relations in the processes of shaping, justifying and evaluating the diplomatic solutions before using military actions …

maintaining military establishments. This is a mistake. Even if war can be morally permissible, this is not enough to ethically …If pacifists are correct in thinking that war is always unjust, then presumably we ought to eliminate the possibility … and temptation of ever engaging in it; we should not build war-making capacity, and if we already have, then …

This paper deals with a wide choice of issues related to Russia's military-industrial complex, defence policy and … military procurements in 2009. The year of 2009 saw an unprecedented acceleration of the genuine military reform. This can be … ascribed first to the fact that in the wake of the war with Georgia in August 2008 the tandem of the Russian leaders (the RF …

This paper deals with a wide choice of issues related to the Russian defense budget, defense policy, military … the national military organization's chief controllers of such a critical development as “the 2010 budget obligation … limits”, which, in principle, allowed all the military departments a timely delivery of respective obligations to recipients …