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Asking ‘Have you served in the military?’ may seem like a minor issue, but it’s actually much more important than you might think. And it’s a question that few doctors make a point of asking.
Across the world, debates have emerged around the extent to which the legislative branch should be involved in – and even have the final say on – authorisation of military deployment.
David Cameron talks like he can change the fight against Islamic State. But Britain’s international role has been dwindling for years.
British chief of defence staff did cross the line when discussing the nuclear option.
Assembled at the cost of billions of dollars, Iraq’s army has never amounted to much – and it’s not the first foreign-built military to fail so spectacularly.
An often ignored political role devised in 1571 tells you all you need to know about who will benefit as new power plants are built.
The Chancellor has to face some hard scrutiny of a deal which would look like a communist coup under a Labour PM.
The impact that the system of conscription had on the roughly 600,000 white men who became both pawns and agents of the apartheid state has seldom been publicly acknowledged.
The single most consistent attribute of American voters is their dislike and distrust of politicians. Trump is playing on this sentiment.
From the UK, to Canada, Australia and the states – our opinions about the military are usually wrong.
The government’s Defence Trade Controls Act effectively makes teaching encryption a criminal act and considers even a simple calculator as a potential weapon.
On Anzac Day 1982, five gay veterans tried to lay a wreath at Melbourne’s Shrine of Remembrance, but were turned away by the Shrine Guard and the state RSL president. This year, that won’t happen.
Australians now seem so fascinated by the Victoria Cross that such attention has begun to get in the way of a balanced perspective on its place in military history.
Overseas aid plays a huge role in defence, which makes cutting it a dangerous mistake.
The appalling conditions at Gallipoli indicate the wholly inadequate planning and response of the British and Allied military authorities to basic human needs.
What is rare in Australia is an adequate explanation and understanding of the Turkish perspective of the Gallipoli campaign.
The diaries of army nurses during the First World War are unsurpassed sources for discovering the nature of friendship during war.
South Africans have a reputation for being among the best mercenaries in the world. It’s no wonder Nigeria is turning to them.
Lieutenant-General James L. Terry, commander of US forces in Iraq and Syria, recently admitted he had no idea how many civilians have died as a result of coalition airstrikes in the region. In a briefing…
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