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, the U.S. military was the 19th largest force on the planet — smaller than Portugal. But in that conflict’s aftermath, American political leaders accepted both global leadership and the associated responsibilities that required a large standing military force.
Want more articles like this? Sign up for the THINK newsletter to get updates on the week's most important political analysis The relationship between the civil authority of the nation and its military authority rests on a normative assumption that civilian control of the military is preferable to military control of the state. The principal problem that studies of civil-military relations look at is empirical: to explain how civilian control over the military is established and maintained.
The answer to this critical question rests in an implicit"contract" between the professional military and civilian leadership based on mutual respect, trust and consultation. The military is allowed autonomy over decisions within its professional jurisdiction.
But the civil-military relationship is also dynamic. It is affected by the ongoing security environment and the evolution of warfare. The United States was already confronted by unprecedented emerging threats prior to this pandemic. These included cyberwarfare, nuclear proliferation, the rise of right-wing populism, failed states and terrorism. All these threats are complex and placed new strains on the civil-military relationship.
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