Tag / Military
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Tropical Trump: The Rise Of Jair Bolsonaro
Before October 8, most people outside of Brazil had never heard of Jair Bolsonaro. An undistinguished seven-term congressman before this election cycle began, Bolsonaro was most famous among Brazilians for his history of misogynistic and anti-black comments, around which he built his brand as a politically incorrect outsider fighting for Conservative values in Congress. However,…
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How Korean Military Conscription Affects Students At WashU
In 1948, the Republic of Korea instituted a system of mandatory military service. Since then, despite whirlwind changes to its political economy and society, conscription has remained a universal obligation for all South Korean males. Every male, from scions of wealthy business executives to the offspring of rural farmers, will spend at least two years…
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A Day Late and a Shell Short
In his farewell address to the nation on January 17, 1961, then-president Dwight D. Eisenhower coined the term “military-industrial complex,” referring to the intertwining of legislative, military, and defense industry interests that manage the development, production, acquisition, and distribution of America’s military equipment and armaments. In the early 1960s, the US military industrial complex was…
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Too Fast, Too Soon: Afghanistan After Withdrawal
The United States invaded Afghanistan in the fall of 2001 to kill Osama Bin Laden and to overthrow the Taliban regime, because it was hosting al-Qaeda elements. This was the U.S. objective. Now, bin Laden is dead—thanks to the U.S. Navy Seals—and the Taliban movement has been greatly weakened. Freedom was a foreign concept in…
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A Matter of Principle: WUPR Interviews Iranian Ambassador Seyed Hossein Mousavian
Over the past few months, the media has been abuzz with fears, threats, and uncertainties regarding the Iranian nuclear program. Nuclear technology was first introduced to Iran by the United States in the 1960s, and today Iran retains the right to a peaceful nuclear program under the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Suspicions surrounding the Iranian nuclear…
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Civilian-Civilian Relations
Earlier this semester, WUPR published an article in which the author spoke at length about the importance of civilian-military relations. The state of the military at large, the author argued, stands to be wholly compromised by antics like those on display in General Stanley McChrystal’s now infamous Rolling Stone interview. And, I think, the author…
