Civil–military relations: Difference between revisions

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'''Civil–military relations''' ('''Civ-Mil''' or '''CMR'''{{cncitation needed|date=February 2023}}) describes the relationship between [[military]] organizations and [[civil society]], military organizations and other government [[bureaucracies]], and leaders and the military.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Brooks|first=Risa A.|date=2019|title=Integrating the Civil–Military Relations Subfield|journal=Annual Review of Political Science|language=en|volume=22|issue=1|pages=379–398|doi=10.1146/annurev-polisci-060518-025407|issn=1094-2939|doi-access=free}}</ref> CMR incorporates a diverse, often normative field, which moves within and across [[management]], [[social science]] and [[policy]] scales.<ref>Shields, Patricia, (2015) "Civil Military Relations" in ''Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, Third edition'' Taylor and Francis DOI: 10.1081/E-EPAP3-120052814</ref> More narrowly, it describes the relationship between the civil authority of a given society and its military authority. "The goal of any [[State (polity)|state]] is to harness military professional power to serve vital [[national security]] interests, while guarding against the [[Abuse of power|misuse of power]] that can threaten the well-being of its people."<ref>Pion-Berlin D., Dudley D. (2020) Civil-Military Relations: What Is the State of the Field. In: Sookermany A. (eds) Handbook of Military Sciences. p. 1. Springer, Cham {{doi|10.1007/978-3-030-02866-4_37-1}}</ref> Studies of civil-military relations often rest on a normative assumption that it is preferable to have the ultimate [[command responsibility|responsibility]] for a country's [[military strategy|strategic]] decision-making to lie in the hands of the [[civilian]] political leadership (i.e. [[civilian control of the military]]) rather than a military (a [[military dictatorship]]).

* Stabilisation approaches are likely to continue to present challenges to the aid community’scommunity's ability to act according to humanitarian principles in conflict-affected, fragile and post conflict environments. Experiences in Afghanistan highlight significant tension, if not conflict, between stabilisation and internationally recognised guidelines and principles governing civil–military interaction.