Saving Samuel Huntington and the Need for Pragmatic Civil–Military Relations

Travis, Donald S.

doi:10.1177/0095327x16667287

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“…"Stability Returning After Zarb e Azb", (April 29, 2015), The News. The findings of the study remained consistent with the previous literature as Travis (2017) stated that the military forces should have the strength to win the wars and work for the protection of their citizens, simultaneously their actions should not be concerned with wiping out the society which they have the intent to protect.…”

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Analysis of Civil-Military Relations in Pakistan: Evidence from Leading English Newspapers

Zulfiqar

Yousaf

2019

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Civil-military relations in Pakistan are always in search of common ground. Historically, military forces and civilian leadership in Pakistan struggle to find the right balance and the civilian leadership has hardly commanded the gun. This study is intended to analyze that how the two selected daily English newspapers of Pakistan, i.e. Dawn and The News covered the major developments in civil-military relations, particularly during the regime of Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif, followed by the most sensitive event i.e., Zarb-e-Azb. The study employed the method of discourse analysis and has used the theoretical notion of agenda-setting and framing. The results of the study revealed that the slant, style, themes, and discourses used in the news stories of both the newspapers almost remained the same, appreciating the military institutions positively. Whereas condemning the civilian leadership for their lack of concern towards implementing the already approved Nation Action Plan.

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Analysis of Civil-Military Relations in Pakistan: Evidence from Leading English Newspapers

Zulfiqar

Yousaf

2019

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“…For civil–military relations scholars, military scandals can be used to examine the processes and boundaries of civil–military interactions. For the Huntington tradition (Feaver, 1999; Nix, 2012; Travis, 2017, 2018), military scandals may be employed to examine how the balance between civilian and military control over a state’s armed forces is negotiated and sustained by institutions under conditions of public attention (Crosbie & Sass, 2017, p. 119; Wadham, 2016, p. 554). As Zirker and Redinger (2003) have demonstrated, this can include episodes in which military personnel engage in scandal mongering as a means of advancing the interests of the military institution.…”

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The Military Scandal: Its Definition, Dynamics, and Significance

Andrews

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Wadham

2019

Armed Forces & Society

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Military scandals are disruptive episodes that can have long-lasting organizational consequences for military institutions. Recently, scholars who study military institutions have sought to understand this phenomenon and its significance. However, given their complexity and empirically opaque nature, military scandals are difficult to study, and a general account of this phenomenon has remained elusive. This article addresses this problem by drawing upon the growing field of scandal research to present a definition and account of the military scandal. We argue that military scandals are episodes of mediatized public moral conflict concerning transgressions involving the military institution, its members, and/or associated actors. We employ Ari Adut’s theory of public attention as a core explanation of scandal dynamics and effects and use this to argue that the military scandal phenomenon can be employed to simultaneously examine interactions and relationships between the military, the state, news media organizations, and civil society.

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“…Morris Janowitz employed pragmatism as a method of problem solving to tackle security challenges (Shields & Soeters, 2013a & 2013b; Travis, 2017a). Military pragmatists resist “overdeterministic formulations” when adjusting means with ends by recognizing that the end is conditioned by what is attainable.…”

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Decoding Morris Janowitz: Limited War and Pragmatic Doctrine

Travis¹

2018

Armed Forces & Society

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The American sociologist Morris Janowitz presented two world views of security named “absolutist” and “pragmatist.” This dualistic paradigm endures into the 21st century and explains how complex and contentious security options are debated within the U.S. security establishment. His paradigm also reveals a condition called the “hegemon trap,” which means that the more powerful militarily that a state becomes relative to other states, the less likely it will fight a large-scale conventional war, resulting in frequent and perpetual limited, low-intensity, and unconventional wars. Based on experiences learned since the Vietnam War, the United States can improve global security by balancing resources between absolutist and pragmatist outlooks. This requires devoting a greater share of resources toward peacetime engagement, stability operations, and unconventional warfare.

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Saving Samuel Huntington and the Need for Pragmatic Civil–Military Relations

Cited by 24 publications

References 16 publications

Analysis of Civil-Military Relations in Pakistan: Evidence from Leading English Newspapers

Analysis of Civil-Military Relations in Pakistan: Evidence from Leading English Newspapers

The Military Scandal: Its Definition, Dynamics, and Significance

Decoding Morris Janowitz: Limited War and Pragmatic Doctrine

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