Both the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the US Military Commissions were set up to respond to extraordinary judicial challenges. But while the Yugoslav Tribunal has sought to uphold internationally-recognized standards of human rights, the 2006 Military Commissions...

In this article I analyse the "strategic action field" evolving in five European countries around the inclusion of Muslims into military chaplaincy. I show that cross-national institutional differences in particular with regard to the state-religion relationship have an influence on the...

In this article, we examine the acceptance of dying among Turkish and Dutch military cadets and mid-career officers. This is an important issue because the so-called casualty factor seems to play an increasing role in decision-making on whether or not to initiate and continue military actions....

In this paper, an international comparison of the military welfare service in the U.S., U.K. and Germany is made, with a particular focus on vocational education, dwelling for military personnel, and military medical service. The findings from the international comparison of these three...