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Moore, Brenda L. "Introduction to Armed Forces & Society." Armed Forces & Society 43, no. 2 (March 1, 2017): 191–201. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0095327x17694909.
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This Armed Forces & Society issue is on women in the contemporary armed forces in the United States and other nations to include the South African National Defense Force and the Australian Defense Force. This issue contains a collection of nine papers, each reviewing a current aspect of women serving in the military since the post–Vietnam War Era. There are also two review essays of Megan Mackenzie’s book, Beyond the Band of Brothers: The US Military and the Myth That Women Can’t Fight. An overview of changing laws and the expanding role of women in the military is provided in this introduction, as well as summaries of the nine articles, and comments on the two book reviews mentioned above.
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Da Cunha, Derek. "Sociological Aspects of the Singapore Armed Forces." Armed Forces & Society 25, no. 3 (April 1999): 459–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0095327x9902500306.
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CHOW, Nathan Cheng-Hu, and I.-Jan YEH. "Influence Factors in the Effectiveness of National Defense Anti-Corruption Governance." Revista de Cercetare si Interventie Sociala 73 (June 15, 2021): 262–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.33788/rcis.73.16.
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Armed forces are currently in the environment with moral ambiguity and multiple cultures. In face of the chaos, corruption, and wasteful trend in current social value system, continuous conflict is bothering the cultivation and atmosphere of military character. Under the situation, officers and soldiers could easily fall into bad belief and become indifferent to surrounding affairs with apathy. Various military discipline events appear in domestic armed forces in past years; besides, the exaggeration and report of print media and electronic media, and even some officers and soldiers spilling, smearing, and slandering each other to defile others’ innocence destroy the image of armed forces. Military character presents close relations with integrity building action. Aiming at military personnel in Ministry of National Defense, total 420 copies of questionnaire are distributed, and 347 valid copies are retrieved, with the retrieval rate 83%. The research results are summarized as below. Factors in the effectiveness of armed forces personnel’s anti-corruption governance contain micro aspects of lack of legal and disciplinary ideas and value deviation of armed forces personnel as well as macro aspect of complicated approval operation and rules resulting in lobbying interfering businesses. The effectiveness of armed forces personnel’s anti-corruption governance not being affirmed by the society is related to the engagement of supervisors at all levels in anti-corruption work, as armed forces personnel are restricted to the political environment and aging senior customs personnel that the director’s engagement in anti-corruption work is not manifested. Armed forces personnel involving in internal anti-corruption problems are minimized to largely reduce the effectiveness of anti-corruption governance. According to the results, suggestions are proposed, expecting to improve problems resulted from military discipline and to promote the armed forces’ image of integrity, being close to the people, and loving the people.
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SZCZUREK, Tadeusz. "CULTURAL ASPECTS OF ARMED CONFLICTS." National Security Studies 7, no. 1 (May 12, 2015): 173–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.37055/sbn/135289.
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This article presents the problems of military operations in the context of the local culture, which is of essential importance to the conducted military actions. Despite the globalisation process, which, as it seems, blurs cultural diperences, these diperences still exist, and in many cases they even get deeper. vis complex situation is also combined with conuicting interests of various state and non- -state entities and social groups. A part of this image of the reality is the phenomenon of war, present from the beginning of the human civilisation. It should be noted that cultural diperences are among the major causes of wars. Only for such a reason, the area of military operation becomes culturally alien at least for one of the parties to the conuict. We should also consider the operations conducted by international forces in diperent parts of the world, where oqen a multicultural military contingent operates in a culturally alien environment. vese are particularly complex issues, which cannot be entirely explained, hence the scientitc discussion presented below is merely an attempt to diagnose the most important problems without identifying specitc solutions. Attention was paid to cultural factors apecting the sources of conuict and their developments and the cultural shape of the environment of military operations. Among the global phenomena, which determine the course of the future armed conuicts, the cultural transformation of society and the related tensions, global culture of trade, migration, mass communication and information technologies as well as the revival of religion and nationalism are mentioned. We should also bear in mind the local conditions, which include social, political, governance, assessment and evaluation, communicational and organisational aspects as well as the aspects of acceptance of autonomy by the parties to the conuict.
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Danilović, Neđo. "Contemporary relations between the state power and the armed forces from the perspective of political science." Vojno delo 73, no. 3 (2021): 73–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.5937/vojdelo2103073d.
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The subject of the research in this paper are contemporary aspects of the relation between branches of the state power and the Armed Forces. The general starting hypothesis was: "If the state power holders do not have stable support in economic and political actors of the social structure and do not ensure their interaction with social, political, cultural, information and communications and security system, then the execution of the modern role of the Armed Forces in the political system is difficult." Almost all main analytical and synthetic methods of knowledge have been used in the paper, and the comparative method when it comes to general scientific methods. From the data collection methods the operational method of document content analysis has been used. The paper emphasizes several main findings, first of all, that the Armed Forces and other elements of the defence system in the process of protection of vital social values should be under constant supervision and civilian control of the legitimately elected legislative power, and the executive power should provide conditions, budget and supreme command and through ministerial instructions give guidelines and priorities for the development of the Armed Forces and directly control them. The judicial power sanctions anti-constitutional and illegal actions of the Armed Forces members, as well as other citizens of the society, but also protects the rights and freedoms of those who seek justice.
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Bespalko, А., and М. Lelyuk. "Some aspects of professional and psychological selection in the Armed Forces of Ukraine." Visnyk Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Military-Special Sciences, no. 3 (51) (2022): 15–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.17721/1728-2217.2022.51.15-21.
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An analysis of some aspects of professional and psychological selection in the Armed Forces of Ukraine is presented. The diagnosis of social, psychological, psychophysiological, psychomotor qualities and physiological reserves of the bodies of candidates for service is generalized. The order, mechanisms, and methodological basis of professional selection in the Armed Forces have been determined. Systematized the requirements for educational activities in higher military educational institutions (military training units of higher education institutions) (HMEI) (MTUHEI) of Ukraine and professional activities in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The structure of the individual and psychological characteristics of the candidate for training, which he must have in order to successfully master the profession and fulfil his professional and service duties, is highlighted. Modern professional psychological selection is considered as a complex scientific problem, on the one hand, as a system, on the other – as a process. The stages of psychological selection based on a systematic approach have been supplemented and detailed. Recommendations are given for improving the comprehensive program of professional and psychological selection, increasing the effectiveness of the system of professional psychological selection of candidates for military service under contract and for training at the HMEI (MTUHEI) (creating a standardized systematic approach to psychological selection in the Armed Forces, studying professionally important qualities, indications and contraindications for service, development of professional profiles (acmeograms) of military specialists, adequate selection methods with various candidate criteria and formation of the most informative test psychodiagnostic batteries for studying and determining individual psychological characteristics of the personality, forecasting the development of mental processes and states in relation to the conditions and requirements of future activities in various military specialties, implementation of the automated systems for staffing military units at various stages of selection).
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BALSYS, Paulius. "Social Integration of Millenial Generation in the Lithuanian Armed Forces - What Cultural Challenges are Waiting for Organization to Retain Individuals in the Military Service?" Challenges to national defence in contemporary geopolitical situation 2022, no. 1 (October 28, 2022): 162–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.47459/cndcgs.2022.20.
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Millenialls currently are one of the largest members of the age cohorts performing military service among the world armies, also in the armed forces of Lithuania. The expectations of Millenialls individuals are far more individualistic compared to previous generations: generation X, baby boomers. Researches show that millennials more often quit their jobs if the content of jobs do not meet their individual expectations. The vast majority of early military retirees in the Lithuanian armed forces belong to the category of junior officers (senior lieutenants and captains). The aim of this research is to reveal the value features of the social integration of the individuals of the millennium generation (officers, non-commissioned officers) serving in the Lithuanian Armed Forces. The research is done by qualitative research method using a semistructural interview approach- a total of 22 informants were interviewed. The study shows that these sociocultural aspects are condition of social inclusion in the organization (or allienation): the importance of self-realization (more important than career) versus unfulfilled expectations in military service, individual expression versus restriction of individual expression, the importance of favorable conditions to be creative versus meaningless content of the service. This study shows what socio-cultural challenges are relevant when talking about the integration of people today in the Lithuanian Armed Forces and that the socio-cultural content of military service will be increasingly significant and relevant in the future.
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Ksenofontov, V. A. "Social role of the military sphere of national security." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Humanitarian Series 66, no. 4 (November 9, 2021): 391–401. http://dx.doi.org/10.29235/2524-2369-2021-66-4-391-401.
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The article deals with the socio-philosophical aspects of the functioning of the military sphere of national security of the Belarusian state. With the increase of military violence in the world, the task of preserving and developing the state becomes a priority. The military sphere of national security ensures the creation of safe conditions in the military space for the life and development of a person, community and the state itself and is a factor of stable development of the social system. Taking into consideration the historical development the stabilizing effect of the armed forces on the state and society has been described. With the training of the form of prospective war, the tasks of the military organization of the state, the core of which are the armed forces are clearly defined in our country. The positive influence of the armed forces on the development of society is shown. The basis for achieving security goals is military activity, which is a synthetic phenomenon and takes place in all spheres of community life. It is emphasized that the implementation of the military security subsystem task is the living conditions of the entire social system. External attention is drawn to the formulation of the goals of military policy as an essential factor in maintaining socio-political stability. The primary task of the military sphere of the national security of Belarus is to ensure comprehensive and encouraging efficiency at all levels of the social system. The article demonstrates the need to analyze the technologies of warfare, improve analytical and experimental support for the development of the military sphere, which can withstand the challenges and threaten the XXI century. It is concluded that the military sphere of national security and its armed forces is an important factor not only in the strategic deterrence of aggression, but also in the socio-economic development of the community, increasing its vitality and stability.
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Starodubets, Galyna, Serhii Sokoliuk, and Oleksii Voroshchuk. "The Religious situation in Ukraine and it’s influence on the establishment and development of military-religious relations in the Armed Forces of Ukraine (1991–2017)." Person and the Challenges. The Journal of Theology, Education, Canon Law and Social Studies Inspired by Pope John Paul II 12, no. 2 (September 15, 2022): 141–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.15633/pch.12208.
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The article analyzes the religious situation in the Ukrainian society, as well as its impact on the formation and development of military-religious relations in the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 1991–2017.
Religion, as one of the leading forms of social consciousness, is an important factor in the formation of civil society and in the development of channels of its communication with state institutions. The Church has traditionally played the role of an important subject of the socio-political life in the history of the Ukrainian people.
The relationship between Russian-Ukrainian relations and their impact on state-religious relations in Ukraine and its Armed Forces has been studied. The main tendencies of the development of military-religious relations in the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been clarified. The transformation processes that influenced the change of the existing models of support of religious needs for the servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the studied period, are analyzed here/in this article.
In particular, some historical aspects of socio-political processes that influenced the formation and development of military-religious relations, and the institutionalization of the military clergy (chaplaincy) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the period under study are highlighted.
In today’s conditions, military chaplains have gained significant experience of service in the war zone, have strong national and patriotic convictions, are able to withstand significant psychological and physical stress, and are ready to carry out pastoral service in any environment.
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Lopatina, V. F., S. A. Lopatin, S. M. Kuznetsov, and S. A. Novoselov. "THE VALUE OF FOOD BEHAVIOR OF THE MILITARY FOR IMPROVEMENT OF THE FOOD SERVICE SYSTEM IN THE ARMED FORCES AND THE NAVY OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION." Marine Medicine 5, no. 4 (November 29, 2019): 15–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.22328/2413-5747-2019-5-4-15-26.
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Eating behavior is a selection of definite food subconsciously aimed at meeting physiological needs from main nutrients and energy. Genetic aspects of human metabolism as well as various environmental factors including social-psychological factors have a significant impact on the appearance and a further retention of definite food excesses of each person. Healthy lifestyle promotion (including compliance with nutrition prescription, preference to balanced daily rations cor responding with the level of daily energy needs) helps to form human eating behavior based on nutrition laws that promotes preservation and strengthening of public health (the military personnel). Formation of proper eating behavior may become an important preventive measure for preservation and strengthening of the health of the military personnel of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the Navy of the Russian Federation. Increasing of daily energy needs due to introduction of new model of physical fitness in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation exerts a considerable impact on an eating behavior in the military personnel. Correction of an eating behavior in the military draft servicemen in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation as well as observance of the principles of healthy nutrition may be conducted by means of outreach interviews with specified cohort. Possible changes in eating behavior may be monitored using special tests and questionnaires allowing to execute its overall assessment. Dynamic assessment of eating behavior may take rightful place in the system of scientific study of lifestyle of the military and also be in active use on further improvement of food service system of the Armed Forces of the RF and the Navy of the RF. Significance of assessment of eating behavior in the military will not be irrelevant in the near future but, to the contrary, will gradually increase in connection with advances in science, promotion of food fit to personal genetic aspects and improvement of food service system of the Army Forces of the RF.
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Matveev, Vladimir. "The main directions of psychological support for military personnel of special units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation." Applied psychology and pedagogy 6, no. 3 (July 1, 2021): 202–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/2500-0543-2021-6-3-202-210.
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The article is devoted to the problem of psychological support of military personnel of special units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, which is relevant in the context of the new Regulation on the Psychological Service of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in 2021. The content of the main tasks and functions of the psychological service of the Armed Forces is presented. Special attention is paid to the description of psychological support and the specifics of its implementation in the system of personnel work and combat service in the Armed Forces. On the example of psychological support of military personnel of special units, the activities that are aimed at social and psychological adaptation of military personnel; didactic adaptation of military personnel; the possibility of professional self-determination; the opportunity to develop professional skills; correction and improvement of the work of the command staff are identified. The conditions for the implementation of psychological support for military personnel of special units are described.
As a result of the study, it is established that during the last decade, the problem of theoretical and methodological justification of psychological support continues to be relevant. At the present stage, "psychological support" is considered as a multi-faceted phenomenon, widely used in various aspects of life. The formation of the conceptual and categorical apparatus is also aimed at improving the legal culture while improving the regulatory legal framework for the departmental psychological practice of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
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Steinbrecher, Markus, and Heiko Biehl. "Military Know-Nothings or (At Least) Military Know-Somethings?: Knowledge of Defense Policy in Germany and Its Determinants." Armed Forces & Society 46, no. 2 (December 16, 2018): 302–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0095327x18811384.
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There is little empirical evidence of the widely shared belief that most civilians know next to nothing about defense policy and armed forces. This article examines knowledge of defense policy in Germany and its determinants. The database is a public opinion survey from 2016. The survey included six questions on various aspects of knowledge of defense policy. Its results show that knowledge of defense policy is approximately on a level with general political knowledge in Germany. Determinants from the categories of resources and sociodemographics, motivations, and opportunity structures explain individual knowledge levels. Internal efficacy, interest in politics, the intention to vote, and the perception of the Bundeswehr’s presence in the media are among the most important predictors. These results indicate that the armed forces can bridge the gap between the public and the military, the civil–military gap, by being present in society and active in personal and mass media communication.
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Bondarenko, О. "TRAINING OF FUTURE OFFICERS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF UKRAINE FOR PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY IN MILITARY LYCEUMS AS A PEDAGOGICAL PROBLEM." Visnyk Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Military-Special Sciences, no. 2 (46) (2021): 9–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.17721/1728-2217.2021.46.9-12.
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In the scientific article the training of future officers for professional activity in military lyceums is considered as not only theoretical but also practical component, because without the theoretical component in combination with practice it is impossible to orient properly in the educational process of higher military educational institutions and military training units of higher educational institutions during the training of tactical level officers and the assessment of training final results. The training of future officer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for professional activity in military lyceum is considered and scientifically substantiated both as a purpose and as a result of professional training. Since the main purpose of any higher military educational institution is to prepare the graduates for professional activity, the main guideline and basis for solving the problems of training of future officers for professional activity should undoubtedly be the essence of this activity, which reflects the set of its deep connections, relations and internal laws. The detailed analysis of the scientific works provided grounds to substantiate the author's determination of training of future officers of the Armed Forces for professional activity in military lyceum, which provides the formation of a holistic personal education as a result of special professional and psychological-pedagogical professional training, which ensures the transition to a qualitatively new form of activity for the cadet as a future officer of the Armed Forces and it is a set of interdependent and interconnected components: motivational-value, cognitive and reflexive. The criterias of readiness for professional activity of an officer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as an important and defining feature that characterizes various qualitative aspects, essences and specifics of professional activity of a serviceman are evaluated. The professional activity of an officer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a military lyceum is characterized by a high degree of social responsibility, conservatism of values and clear regulation of the conditions for its implementation. In the professional environment of the military lyceum, the role of socially conditioned characteristics and conditions of activity of both faculty that includes officers of the Armed Forces, and pupils (lyceum students) is significantly increasing. It follows that mastering the profession of an officer of the Armed Forces is not only the ability to effectively perform duties, but also the adoption of the appropriate lifestyle, way of thinking, system of norms and values by a future officer.
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Shvets, Andrii, Irina Sereda, and Eugenii Lopin. "The medical and social importance of mental and behavior disorders among military personnel in peacetime and warfare." Romanian Journal of Military Medicine 124, no. 4 (January 11, 2021): 481–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.55453/rjmm.2021.124.4.10.
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Introduction. The considerable numbers of servicemen who have applied for psychiatric help and who have been discharged for mental health from the Armed Forces of Ukraine testify the need to revise the whole system of providing psychiatric, psychomedical, and social aid to servicemen in warfare. Purpose. To identify medical and social aspects of mental and behavioral disorders among servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in peacetime and warfare for justification the developing and implementing the system of psychomedical care in Ukrainian Defense Forces with NATO standards adaptation. Methods. A retrospective analysis of statistical data on the level, structure, dynamics of the overall incidence rate of mental disorders as well as hospitalized morbidity among the military personnel of Ukrainian Armed Forces and health status dismissal based on long-term observation data (2008-2017) as well as comparison of indicators of the period 2008-2013 and 2014-2017 based on official statistical reporting has been performed. The statistical processing of the sample results was carried out using descriptive statistics and analysis of alternative characteristics. Results. It was discovered that in the structure of the total incidence of mental disorders among the military personnel of Ukrainian Armed Forces on class F (ICD-10) for the period of 2014-2017 years there was a significant redistribution of all categories of military personnel in comparison with 2008-2013 (among officers as well as contract servicemen, the overall incidence rate of mental disorders decreased dependably). The proportion of disorders of adult personality and behavior with other syndromes (F50-F99) significantly increased due to a significant decrease of neurotic, stress-related, and somatoform complaints cases. Conclusions. The overall incidence rate of mental disorders, as well as hospitalized morbidity within the structure of overall incidence rate of diseases in 2008-2017 for officers and contract servicemen, significantly increased with peak values in 2015 (p≤0.001) with further decreasing in 2016-2017 years, but among conscripts - remained unchanged. It has been established that starting from 2014, the indicators of discharges among officers have tended to increase with the maximum rates in 2015 (compared to 2013 by 7 times higher) and contract servicemen in 2016 (compared to 2013 by 5.3 times higher) with a further decrease. The identified features of mental health disorder in servicemen and their consequences according to long-term observation (both in peacetime and in warfare) are the keysto the development and implementation of the proposed psychomedical care system in defense forces readapted to NATO standards.
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DROHOBYTSKYI, Ihor. "AN EVOLUTION OF THE CONCEPT OF THE DEPLOYMENT OF AN ARMED STRUGGLE AGAINST THE OCCUPATION REGIMES AMONG OUN(B) (1942–1944)." Contemporary era 7 (2019): 100–107. http://dx.doi.org/10.33402/nd.2019-7-100-107.
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The article covers the features of the military doctrine formation of the national resistance movement's nationalist wing during World War II. The gradual process of forming a conscious conviction to create its own armed forces is outlined. The specificity of the conceptual military developments of the nationalist movement's leadership in the objective circumstances of the time is emphasized. This predetermines the use of a comparative approach in the process of research. Emphasized the importance of external and internal factors in the crystallization of the idea of the national army. Ideas about ways of achieving the goal of activities in the OUN(B) leadership environment in the designated chronological period are specified. The role of external factors, in particular occupation regimes, in the process of formation of national armed forces is pointed out. Their presence led to the emergence and assertion of the inevitability of struggle on several fronts while gaining national statehood. The vision of the role of the armed forces in the realization of the idea of national statehood is represented by the representatives of the direction mentioned above of social and political life. The author stressed the tradition of fighting for the realization of the nation's state aspirations. Working on outlined topics and creating an objective picture of the national past relate to the essential aspects of the formation of a proper state position in society. Keywords: armed struggle, army, statehood, resistance movement, nationalism, ideology, Ukrainian Insurgent Army, Ukrainian People's Self-Defense.
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Solescu, Daniel. "Aspects Regarding the Particularities of the Military Actions in the War of the Future." International conference KNOWLEDGE-BASED ORGANIZATION 25, no. 1 (June 1, 2019): 150–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/kbo-2019-0025.
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Abstract The topic “the War of the Future” is and will always be a current issue of high relevance for both military staff and politicians. The war is a complex social phenomenon determined by many factors: political, economic, cultural, religious, technological, etc., which in the context of globalization suffer rapid and profound transformations. Due to changes in these factors, everything that is related to the armed forces is inevitably altered and here we refer to: dimensions, structures, training, equipment and weapons, doctrines, organizing, planning and the spatial and temporal magnitude of military actions and operations, their effects and, of course, consequences.
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Pasika, S., D. Chomko, O. Opanasenko, D. Khomiakov, O. Skyba, R. Pasika, and O. Horbachuk. "LEGAL REGULATION OF GROUNDWATER EXTRACTION PROCESSES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF MILITARY UNITS." Visnyk of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Geology, no. 3 (94) (2021): 103–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.17721/1728-2713.94.13.
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The article highlights the legal aspects of groundwater regulation to meet the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The general tendencies of groundwater extraction to meet the needs of military units as components of national security and defense of Ukraine are considered and revealed. Given the insufficient resource provision, inefficient environmental monitoring system and inefficient use of resources in the security and defense sector, the issue of legal regulation of groundwater extraction processes to meet the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as components of national security and defense of Ukraine is quite relevant and in demand. Currently, the issue of providing water to remote military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine that do not have the ability to connect to a centralized water supply system and are forced to use wells to meet water supply needs is relevant. Analyzing the state of legal regulation of groundwater extraction processes to meet the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, we note that there are a number of issues that are not regulated by the legislation of Ukraine, there are regulations that contain conflict rules. Achieving a balance of social, environmental and economic interests of military units as components of national security and defense of Ukraine, related to rational and balanced water consumption and water use, is one of the priority areas in improving mechanisms for state regulation of water resources in Ukraine. The means of implementing this direction is the development and implementation of coordinated and interconnected legislative, regulatory, organizational, economic, environmental and technical projects and measures to improve the quality of water resources, their rational and environmentally safe use, balancing economic water needs with resources and environmental opportunities water resource potential.
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Vladu, Mircea, and Ioan-Dan Popa. "Considerations on the Necessity of Modernization of Engineer Forces from NATO Members Countries." International conference KNOWLEDGE-BASED ORGANIZATION 23, no. 1 (June 20, 2017): 344–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/kbo-2017-0056.
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Abstract The engineer branch has been established at a certain stage of historical evolution of the armed forces to provide engineer support to the combat forces, as well as to support civil societies to achieve, develop and maintain the necessary infrastructure elements in order to conduct of economic and social activities. Having in mind all these elements and taking into account the structural perspective and the endowment, the evolution of engineer forces should have been made in accordance with the evolution of the common combat joint forces, keeping the same rhythm of development. Unfortunately, the engineer forces within the armies of the NATO member states did not evolve under the aforementioned aspects, even if some commitments have been made at the various summits held over time at different levels. As a result of these realities, in this paper we present some considerations about what should be the way ahead in the evolution of the engineer forces until the horizon of 2050.
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Tarasiuk, Renata. "Geocultural Aspects of the Security Policy of Contemporary Israel." Security Dimensions 36, no. 36 (July 19, 2021): 138–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0015.0490.
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The article shows how the symbolism contained in the image of the Jewish state influenced, especially recently, the vectors of Israel’s security policy. Attention is paid to these aspects aimed at protecting national identity. The author tries to substantiate the influence of the cultural factor on Israel’s security policy. The research is based on historical analysis, source analysis, and descriptive narrative. The instruments and tools used by the state in the implementation of the aforementioned tasks are presented – from the basic laws and compatible legal acts regulating the social life of Israeli citizens to the policy of cultural and ethnic isolation and separation carried out by the armed forces. In the Middle East emphasizing one’s own individuality is a strategic goal, but the price of internal a conflicts can be high.
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Osborne, Victoria A., L. Ashley Gage, and Abigail J. Rolbiecki. "The Unique Mental Health Needs of Military Women: A Social Work Call to Action." Advances in Social Work 13, no. 1 (April 26, 2012): 166–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.18060/1878.
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Women involved in all aspects of the United States Armed Forces face mental health needs that are unique from women in the general population. Because the most recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are involving more women in combat situations, social workers encounter female clients who are increasingly experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder, substance misuse, and sexual violence. Special attention must be paid particularly to women who serve in the National Guard or Reserves, as they have different concerns than enlisted active duty women. These concerns include less social support and fewer resources upon return from deployment. Thus, it is imperative for social workers in the community to be aware of these military women’s experiences and unique mental health challenges in order to effectively treat their needs.
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Маlgazhdarova, Т. G. "PECULIARITIES OF THE PEDAGOGICAL ACTIVITY OF THE MILITARY UNIVERSITY TEACHER." BULLETIN Series of Pedagogical Sciences 68, no. 4 (December 30, 2020): 108–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.51889/2020-4.1728-5496.15.
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In the article “Peculiarities of Pedagogical Activity of the Military University Teacher” have been examined. In recent years, there has been objective social need to create highly professional, optimally balanced officer corps capable of effectively solving tasks assigned to Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan by society and state. Designing system of military education that is adequate to challenges of the XXI century is associated with preparation of military University teachers for professional teaching activities. Their success depends on quality and level of readiness of military personnel to ensure country’s military security, prevent wars and armed conflicts, and build professional army that meets highest international standards. The problem of developing readiness of beginning teachers of military universities for professional activity has become subject of close attention of various studies. In modern pedagogy and psychology, various aspects of the formation of system of pedagogical knowledge and professional skills are considered.
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Purwalaksana, Ida Bagus, Sumartono, Bambang Santoso Haryono, Wike, and Bambang Slamet Riyadi. "Implications of Social Inequality for Soldiers in Health Services of the Indonesian National Armed Forces Managed by the Social Security Agency." Journal of Southwest Jiaotong University 56, no. 3 (June 30, 2021): 307–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.35741/issn.0258-2724.56.3.26.
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This scientific journal research analyzes Law No. 24 of 2011 on health services for the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) sector along with their families included in the national health insurance managed by the Healthcare and Social Security Agency (BPJS) and its implementation regulated in the Presidential Regulation and Health Minister Regulation. However, the implementation of the BPJS health insurance at the TNI institutions does not show effective results, and it tends to decline. Therefore, it is necessary to interpret various factual factors affecting the success of the implementation process of health service delivery policies, which will be useful for finding synergies in the implementation of health services in the TNI. This research on the implementation of policies in the TNI health services was a scientific activity prepared using certain types and strategies and at the same time viewed from certain aspects which had several types and strategies. Therefore, this research used the descriptive qualitative method. Six factors should be interpreted to know the implementation of the TNI health service policy under Law No. 24 of 2011, namely; 1) policy standards and objectives, 2) resources, 3) characteristics of the implementing organization, 4) attitudes of the implementers, 5) communication among organizations related to implementation activities, 6) social, economic and political environments. All these factors synergize with each other and affect health services to TNI, which are administered by BPJS.
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Liaska, Oksana Petrivna, Iryna Illivna Humeniuk, and Inna Oleksandrivna Chynchyk. "Methodological aspects of social and psychological work with military men released from the armed forces, and members of their families." LAPLAGE EM REVISTA 7, no. 3C (October 1, 2021): 413–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.24115/s2446-6220202173c1643p.413-423.
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The problem of socio-psychological adaptation of ex-servicemen and members of their families to the new conditions of organization of activity is extremely relevant. In order to develop and implement such problems within the project “Norway-Ukraine. Professional adaptation. Integration into the State System” the number of supporting centers have been established that are successfully operating in various cities of Ukraine for former or discharged servicemen and members of their families. The main areas of socio-psychological support provided under the Program were: psychological counseling, psychocorrection, c areer guidance and psychotherapy using a wide range of methods. The result of this work is to achieve the required level of readiness of the discharged serviceman to change profession. This allows to remove unnecessary psychological tension and some aggression during adaptation. It was found that the military and their families are in need of information and methodological and reference materials on a wide range of issues related to behavior in the transition to new living conditions and activities.
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Arakelova, Inna. "The influence of the internally displaced persons forced migration on the dynamics of regional social and economic security indicators." Economic Annals-ХХI 182, no. 3-4 (April 15, 2020): 4–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.21003/ea.v182-01.
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The processes of forced internal migration, which became significant in 2014 as a result of the armed conflict in the east of the country, caused significant demographic and social changes in the regions performance. Particularly large changes have been taken place in the areas directly adjacent to the joint forces operation zone. The study is devoted to the research of the impact of the described processes on certain aspects of social and economic security of the regions. Impact assessment was performed on the basis of cluster analysis. In particular, the author constructed a neural network such as the Kohonen map. The model divided the neural sample from 25 regions (24 regions and the city of Kyiv) into six clusters according to the level of four indicators of social and economic security. This allowed assessing the impact of forced internal migration on some aspects of social and economic security of the regions. Based on the obtained map, it has been depicted that Donetsk and Luhansk regions, which directly border the joint forces operation zone, had a dramatic increase in the demographic burden and unemployment rate during the study period. The obtained results allowed assessing the impact of the processes of forced internal migration on the dynamics of certain indicators of social and economic security of the territories.
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Namwase, Sylvie. "Securing legal reforms to the use of force in the context of police militarisation in Uganda: The role of public interest litigation and structural interdict." African Human Rights Law Journal 21, no. 2 (December 31, 2021): 1–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/1996-2096/2021/v21n2a48.
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This article argues that the failure by the Ugandan government to put in place clear regulations governing the use of force and firearms by the police and armed security forces, particularly during joint police and military operations, as part of arrest and crowd control operations, threatens to violate the right to life, the right to freedom from inhumane treatment, the right to assemble and the right to a remedy under the Ugandan Constitution. It argues that the constitutional, statutory law and case law framework in Uganda can facilitate public interest litigation in order to secure the adoption by the Ugandan government of comprehensive and internationally-accepted standards on the use of force and firearms by police and armed security forces. The article draws on a recent progressive decision of the High Court in James Muhindo & 3 Others v Attorney-General, and the Human Rights Enforcement Act of 2019 to expound on the proactive potential of article 50 of Uganda's Constitution to deliver expedited institutional and human rights-oriented reforms and to afford the courts oversight functions in the implementation of these reforms through structural interdict. These aspects of the public interest litigation framework in Uganda offer a pathway to civilian-led reform in a highly state-controlled, politicised and militarised police and security sector over which Ugandans otherwise have no civilian oversight. Thus, the article explores the potential of public interest litigation as an empowering tool in competing approaches to state formation in transitional contexts and positions public interest litigation as a transformative response to militarisation in a fragile state.
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Tsiurupa, Mikhailo. "DIALECTIC OF PEOPLE'S, LEGAL AND MILITARY-POLITICAL ASPECTS OF THE PROBLEM OF DONBAS DE-OCCUPATION." Almanac of Ukrainian Studies, no. 23 (2018): 155–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.17721/2520-2626/2018.23.26.
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The article provides reflexive analysis of the key factors of the cessation of armed conflict in the East of Ukraine and the return of the temporarily occupied regions of Donetsk to Lugansk oblasts under the authority and jurisdiction of our sovereign state. As the oldest works on war and peace (Sun Tzu) are known, the longer the armed struggle is, the more difficult it ends with a just world, therefore, a wide range of approaches are usually proposed for resolving the armed conflict in the Donbass: from a compromise with the aggressor to victorious plans and strategies for a military solution to the liberation of captured territories. In the pre-election period, Ukrainian political parties, without theoretical justification, propose such populist approaches to solving difficult military-political problems. Our approach is based on the identification of the causes and consequences of the occupation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the ORD and LO, the importance of adhering to the principles of international law, humanism and progress in the conduct of state policy, recognition of the factors of the key - activity factor of the peacemaking of multinational forces whose phenomenon is not explicated, theoretically unclear as to the peculiarities of the socio-political and humanitarian situation in the Donbass. Peacekeeping as a relatively new international legal and humanitarian phenomenon is attributed to the peaceful measures of the world community, which, according to the UN Charter, is taking "other measures" for the restoration of peace and the prevention of humanitarian catastrophes. His controversial nature follows from the fact that, on the one hand, the United Nations does not interpret its Statute, as "the right to intervene in cases that are essentially within the competence of any state, and on the other hand, it must take all measures for the establishment and preservation of peace. He peculiarity of the use of multinational peacekeeping forces in the East of Ukraine is its work on the basis of the UN Charter, the synthesis of humanitarian, political, social missions, military and civilian control over the humanitarian situation, which could lead to disaster.
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Marchenkov, S. M. "THE PROBLEM OF INFORMATION AND ANALYTICAL COMPETENCE IN PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION OF FUTURE OFFICERS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF UKRAINE: SCIENTIFIC AND PEDAGOGICAL ASPECTS." Проблеми створення, випробування, застосування та експлуатації складних інформаційних систем, no. 17 (December 30, 2019): 89–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.46972/2076-1546.2019.17.08.
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In this article explains needs of preparation the information and analytic competence for the future officers in the Ukraine Armed Forces during their study in the military high educational institutes. Information function realizes by the future officer as information and analytic competence. Professional level of analytic and project activities of the future officers provides their education content. Modern officer should be ready for professional, social and pedagogic, culture and education, management, physical-training and special activities. Analytic competence means logic: methods of rational thinking, arguments, ideas analysis. According theoretical analysis of the preparation and development professional competences: there is large difference between level of professional skills and requirements for the capabilities. The current methodology of education and professional training of the military specialist is not perfect because there is so difficult to create require full list of capabilities during all term of education. The leading criteria for assessing the training of future military specialists to carry out tasks and responsibilities in the direction of professional training are identified. Also was analyzed the basic requirements for the formation of information and analytical competence of future officers, lists and defines the main methodological approaches and principles of organization of information and analytical activities. There was indicated pedagogical conditions for formation information and analytic competences in the military education environment. The structural components of information and analytical competences and leading aspects regarding its formation and development was determined. In solving the problems of the formation of informational and analytical competence of future officers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the urgent issues are the introduction of the technology of forming this competence in the educational process of higher military educational institutions. The introduction of practical teaching methods in the educational process of training specialists in the socio-cultural sphere will contribute to the fact that after graduation, graduates at a sufficient level will be able to form their own conclusions, ideas and informed choices based on certain information, master the techniques and methods of information analytics, be able to practically apply, will be ready to conduct information and analytical activities in the structural units of the Armed Forces Ukraine.
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Shulhin, V. "FEATURES OF CODIFICATION OF LEGISLATION IN THE FIELD OF DEFENSE OF UKRAINE: ORGANIZATIONAL AND LEGAL ASPECTS." Bulletin of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Legal Studies, no. 119 (2021): 108–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.17721/1728-2195/2021/4.119-21.
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The article analyzes organizational and legal (theoretical and legal, organizational and technical), comparative and applied and terminological and conceptual aspects of codification of legislation in the field of defense of Ukraine, which has important theoretical, legal, practical and applied significance for the effective operation of national defense forces. Security and defense in a special period of conducting a joint operation and on the way to the Euro-Atlantic integration of our country, interoperability with the armed forces of NATO member states are also within the focus of the paper. In order to determine the system-scientific approach to the implementation of this national-strategic task, the subject of which is the regulation of military-legal social relations in the field of defense forces of the security and defense sector of Ukraine, an attempt was made to explore organizational and legal, defense-institutional national features and capabilities, quality and degree of readiness of separate acts (legal norms) of the current legislation in the field of defense to their codification. The legal nature of codification of legislation is established and substantiated; its general and special concept is clarified taking into account existing problems and features of modern process of defense normative-legal regulation, military law enforcement, improvement of nationaldefense and military-legal relations; proposals for process algorithms codification of legislation in the field of defense of Ukraine are formulated.
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Dumouchel, Paul. "Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems: Organizational and Political Consequences." Philosophical Journal of Conflict and Violence 5, no. 1 (May 20, 2021): 95–107. http://dx.doi.org/10.22618/tp.pjcv.20215.1.139006.
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Focusing on existing ‘autonomous’ weapons systems and their uses replaces speculations about future developments and about what robots will or will not be able to do, with attention to the way these weapons are changing and have already changed warfare. The aspects of these transformations that will interest me in this paper are some of the political, organizational and social consequences of the introduction and deployment of various automatic and autonomous weapons systems. Beyond the questions of responsibility and legality, I want to look at the ways in which these weapons change countries’ ability to project power, on how they affect the composition of armed forces, the power relationships within them, and their relations with other major political actors.
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White, Samuel, and Ray Kerkhove. "Indigenous Australian laws of war: Makarrata, milwerangel and junkarti." International Review of the Red Cross 102, no. 914 (August 2020): 959–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1816383121000497.
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AbstractStudies in Australian history have lamentably neglected the military traditions of First Australians prior to European contact. This is due largely to a combination of academic and social bigotry, and loss of Indigenous knowledge after settlement. Thankfully, the situation is beginning to change, in no small part due to the growing literature surrounding the Frontier Wars of Australia. All aspects of Indigenous customs and norms are now beginning to receive a balanced analysis. Yet, very little has ever been written on the laws, customs and norms that regulated Indigenous Australian collective armed conflicts. This paper, co-written by a military legal practitioner and an ethno-historian, uses early accounts to reconstruct ten laws of war evidently recognized across much of pre-settlement Australia. The study is a preliminary one, aiming to stimulate further research and debate in this neglected field, which has only recently been explored in international relations.
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Gorbal, Y. M. "Professional Training of Military Musicians in Ukrainian Lands at the Turn of the XIX–XX Centuries." Culture of Ukraine, no. 71 (April 2, 2021): 75–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.31516/2410-5325.071.09.
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Abstract. The Armed Forces of Ukraine have strong traditions of musical bands that date back to princely and Cossack times. The task of their orchestras is to boost the morale of servicemen, to strengthen the power of the Ukrainian army by means of musical arts, as well as to perform at festive events (both at the local and the state level). However, despite the importance and diversity of creative and educational activities of the Military Orchestra Service of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, no comprehensive study of historical aspects of the functioning of music and military bands in national musicology has been conducted.
The purpose of the article is to analyze the historical process of the formation of traditions of professional training of members of military musical bands at the turn of the XIX–XX centuries in the Ukrainian lands, as well as ceremonial and social functions of their concert activity.
Research methodology. The overview is based on historical, structural and systemic methods.
Results. Traditions of military orchestral training in Ukraine have deep historical roots and are based on multicultural principles. Traditions of performance and training in military musical bands of the Armed Forces of the independent Ukraine were formed on the basis of the three lines of continuation: princely and Cossack musicartistic formations and bands of the time of liberation movements (LUSR — Legion of Ukrainian Sich Riflemen, UIA — Ukrainian Insurgent Army), which represent their direct national line; Russian military orchestras with the participation of Ukrainian specialists; and multinational Austrian and Polish military music bands in Ukrainian territories. All of them together formed the basis on which the Ukrainian military and musical tradition was based, absorbing all the most relevant and productive aspects of the experience gained.
Novelty. The activity of centers in which members were trained for existing military orchestral groups in the Ukrainian lands, as well as ways in which such training was performed, and the development of professional training of musicians were considered.
Practical significance lies in the consideration of prospects for further detailed study of the functioning of separate bands, their repertoire, instruments, ceremonial and social functions, achievements of particular individuals in the field of performance, pedagogy and conducting.
Conclusions. In the activity of military orchestras in the Ukrainian lands at the turn of the XIX–XX centuries we can see a combination of militaryceremonial and social palaceconcert functions, wide involvement of all segments of the society in concert touring, which completely dictates the rich repertoire. From LUSR schools and guilds, professional training of musicians was gradually transformed into the activities of specialized training units at the military formations, cadet schools and trumpet schools, institutions at music societies and professional music training in conservatories.
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Rațiu, Aurelian. "Civil Preparation of the Battlespace - Necessity in the Irregular or Hybrid Warfare." International conference KNOWLEDGE-BASED ORGANIZATION 23, no. 1 (June 20, 2017): 265–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/kbo-2017-0043.
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Abstract The lessons learned from the most recent conflicts or theatres of operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, Ukraine, or Syria prove that the Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield (IPB) process is no longer sufficient. Why? Because in the irregular and hybrid conflicts the centre of gravity is represented by the civilian population, which requires precise understanding of the operational environment, including aspects about the local communities, and profound knowledge of the people, their social structures, their culture, their customs, and their way of thinking and reacting to certain internal and external stimuli. In such an operational environment, protecting the civilian population becomes the main mission of the armed forces. Consequently, we present the most important stages through which the Civil Preparation of the Battlespace (CPB) can be accomplished.
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Johansen, Rino Bandlitz, Jon Christian Laberg, and Monica Martinussen. "Measuring Military Identity: Scale Development and Psychometric Evaluations." Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal 41, no. 5 (June 1, 2013): 861–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.2224/sbp.2013.41.5.861.
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Our purpose was to perform a psychometric evaluation of a new 33-item questionnaire developed in Norway. To evaluate it we assessed its internal consistency, performed an exploratory factor analysis, and investigated aspects of construct validity. We also examined test-retest reliability. A second purpose was to investigate whether or not individual level variables such as age, gender, or service were related to different military identities. In Study 1 we collected cross-sectional data from military personnel in the Norwegian Armed Forces (N = 317). In Study 2 we collected longitudinal data from students undertaking junior officer education (N = 238). We identified a 3-factor structure, comprising professionalism, individualism, and idealism. Internal consistency for the 3 subscales was acceptable (α = .60–.83). Test-retest reliability and construct validity were supported. We found professionalism to be significantly higher in the Army as compared to in the Navy and Air Force. We did not detect gender differences in terms of military identities, but we did detect small negative correlations between age and professionalism and between age and idealism.
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Nevzorov, Evgeniy. "Soldiers’ children as a successful project of the Russian army recruitment reserve formation in the first half of the 19th century." Tambov University Review. Series: Humanities, no. 180 (2019): 133–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.20310/1810-0201-2019-24-180-133-141.
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We describe the features of the reserve replenishment formation of the Russian army at the expense of soldiers’ children in the 19th century. We reveal the historical and legal aspects of the social and class status of the “military class” representatives descendants: soldiers’ children, recruits of soldiers’ children. Born in the recruits families and lower ranks during the service period in the Russian army, either retired, soldiers on indefinite leave and disabled veterans, the soldiers’ children had a special social and legal position in the class structure of Russian society, which are specifically regulated, as the legislative and enforcement practices in the capitals and provinces in the Russian Empire in the 19th century. The involvement of a fairly wide range of archival sources and published materials allowed to conduct the reconstruction of both the existing legal regulation and the actual social parameters of the “military offspring” in the armed forces. We also reveal the aspects of education of military cantonists in special military educational insti-tutions and similar military units (military orphan units, training battalions and companies, carabinieri regiments) reflected in the primary archival documents and legislative acts, social and legal, class and everyday conflicts and trends that determined the life and fate of “military chil-dren”. We clarify statistical errors in the calculation of the military class representatives – soldiers’ children – in the Russian province. We give a detailed historiographical study assessment of the legal status of cantonists and recruits of soldiers’ children, as well as identifying research gaps in the works of domestic and foreign historians. We made conclusions about the prospects of the sci-entific problems study by domestic historians, as well as the presence of primary archival docu-ments that need to be introduced into scientific circulation. It is proved that the category of “sol-diers’ children” was the most important component of the Russian armed forces combat capability formation, allowing to prepare a significant reserve. We also show the prospects of the cantonists transformation into professional soldiers, as well as their role in the military history of the Russian Empire in the considered chronological period.
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Pronicheva, O., and I. Pankova. "Addressee Factor in Contract Military Service Advertising: Cognitive and Rhetorical Aspects of the Study of Language Persuasive Means." Scientific Research and Development. Modern Communication Studies 9, no. 6 (December 9, 2020): 67–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/2587-9103-2020-67-73.
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A cognitive-rhetorical approach to the study of persuasive techniques and means in texts of contract military service advertising is represented in the article. The article demonstrates that social advertising is a necessary form of army institutional discourse and is in search of means of persuasion, with the help of which it is possible to attract more people who want to join the ranks of the armed forces. The addressee of the advertising message becomes the most important component of the situation, while the code becomes the text focused on satisfying presuppositions, intentional expectations of the addressee. The connection of cognitive and rhetorical aspects allows us to demonstrate the possibility of the influence of the used language tools on the addressee in order to create opinions and preferences among the target audience groups that, in turn, contributes to the formation of a stable reputation of the institute in the public mind.
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Leslie, C., G. McGill, M. D. Kiernan, and G. Wilson. "Social isolation and loneliness of UK veterans: a Delphi study." Occupational Medicine 70, no. 6 (June 29, 2020): 407–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqaa105.
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Abstract Background Evidence increasingly acknowledges the impact of social isolation and loneliness on the lives of military veterans and the wider Armed Forces Community. Aims The study gathered expert consensus to (i) understand if veterans are considered ‘unique’ in their experiences of social isolation and loneliness; (ii) examine perceived factors leading to social isolation and loneliness of veterans; (iii) identify ways to tackle veterans’ social isolation and loneliness. Methods This study adopted a three-phase Delphi method. Phase 1 utilized a qualitative approach and Phase 2 and Phase 3 utilized a mixed-methods approach. Results Several outcomes were identified across the three phases. Transition out of the military was viewed as a period to build emotional resilience and raise awareness of relevant services. It was also concluded that veterans would benefit from integrating into services within the wider community, and that social prescribing services could be a vehicle to link veterans to relevant services. Furthermore, access to, and the content of, programmes was also of importance. Conclusions These findings illustrate various important interventional aspects to consider when funding and implementing programmes focussed on tackling social isolation and loneliness.
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PANKOVA, Oksana, and Olexandr KASPEROVICH. "UKRAINIAN VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT UNDER CONDITIONS OF ARMED RUSSIAN AGGRESSION: OPPORTUNITIES, NATIONAL AND GLOBAL CHALLENGES FOR UKRAINE’S POST-WAR RECOVERY." JOURNAL OF EUROPEAN ECONOMY, Vol 21, No 3 (2022) (September 1, 2022): 270–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.35774/jee2022.03.270.
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The authors reveal a vision of the development of the Ukrainian volunteer movement under conditions of armed Russian aggression. The research focus is on identifying the main trends of institutionalization and the dynamics of the development of Ukrainian volunteerism based on the use of modern digital, network, information and communication technologies. Two «waves» of activation of the Ukrainian volunteer movement related to the active phase of the armed conflict in Donbas (2014-2016) and the full-scale invasion that began on February 24, 2022 are analyzed. Two areas for providing volunteer aid to key target groups have been identified and substantiated, namely the Ukrainian military and the Armed Forces of Ukraine strengthen the country’s defense capabilities, and citizens affected by the armed aggression. Such a structure is used as an end-to-end analytical scheme in the study of various aspects of Ukrainian volunteering under conditions of both surges in the armed conflict (2014-2016 and 2022). The authors determine the specifics of the processes of institutionalization and platformization of Ukrainian volunteering, as well as the main integrated digital platforms of international volunteering to help Ukraine. New global and local challenges, problems and opportunities for the development of the Ukrainian volunteer movement to preserve the country’s human potential and strengthen the national, economic, social, and food security of the state are also revealed. The role, significance, opportunities, main tools and functionality of using the potential of information, communication, digital, network technologies in volunteering are shown. It is substantiated that the powerful potential of Ukrainian volunteerism, together with international volunteerism and charity aimed at helping Ukraine, is the basis for the country’s post-war recovery. It also contributes to the formation and strengthening of the culture of peace and security at the interstate level, stimulates the formation of a renewed system of European collective security and international cooperation.
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Baumann, Robert F. "Subject Nationalities in the Military Service of Imperial Russia: The Case of the Bashkirs." Slavic Review 46, no. 3-4 (1987): 489–502. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2498099.
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On 6 July 1874, the government of Alexander II published an edict announcing the formation of a mounted Bashkir squadron in the Orenburgguberniia.The modest scale of the endeavor—a squadron-sized element added little to Russian military strength—belied its historic importance. The Bashkirs, in 1874, stood at a watershed in their long history of military service to Russia marking the divide between decades of irregular frontier duty and inclusion in the ranks of the regular army. The evolution of Bashkir military formations, paralleling the course of social change, offers a most instructive case in little-studied aspects of imperial policy towards subject national minorities and their employment in the armed forces in particular. A virtually forgotten component in Russia's rich military tradition, the contribution of “native” units organized among theinorodtsyof the Caucasus, the Crimea, and Asia was indeed significant.
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Mikulka, Zdeněk, Ivana Nekvapilová, and Jolana Fedorková. "The Moral-Value Orientation—A Prerequisite for Sustainable Development of the Corporate Social Responsibility of a Security Organization." Sustainability 12, no. 14 (July 16, 2020): 5718. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12145718.
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The article focuses on the social aspects of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the Czech Armed Forces (CAF) and, more specifically, on professional ethics as a prerequisite for the sustainable development of the security organization. The text presents the results of research conducted on a sample of 278 members of the CAF. This research was based on Schwartz’s holistic concept. To determine value orientation, a reduced version with 21 entries of the Schwartz’s Portrait Values Questionnaire (PVQ) was used. Our data indicate that value orientation changes depending on military rank, depends, to a certain degree, on trait conformity (including obedience, respect for authorities, politeness, and self-control), and increases in the presence of lower-ranking individuals. Based on these findings the authors recommend to continue monitoring the value profiles of CAF members at various stages in their careers, to determine the optimal range of self-identification with a certain military rank and position, and to provide rank and position-specific educational programs into military ethics and ethical leadership aimed at sustainable development of moral-values.
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Teohari, Georgiana, and Nicolae Bibu. "Innovations in Managing Traditional Organizations: German Classic Professional Orchestras, Specific Nature and Innovative Aspects." Timisoara Journal of Economics and Business 12, no. 2 (December 1, 2019): 187–202. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/tjeb-2019-0010.
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Abstract The armed forces, the state and the church are multiple-stakeholders organizations, designed according to very specific characteristics that describe their mission and their objectives. Alongside with them, the classic professional orchestra is one of one the oldest and traditional organizations, with distinguished features that describe its organizational culture, its mission and goals, namely: to present the classical music at the highest level of performance, to meet the public’s expectations, to represent their communities as cultural ambassadors and to protect the cultural patrimony. Innovations represent a response to new challenges of today’s society, such as multi culturality, digitalization, the new physical and social setting in which people live. German orchestras dominate by number and by high musical performance level the world’s orchestra market. Contrary to the strictness of the musical service provided by the classical professional orchestra’s “sound organism”, is there room for innovations? According to Forbes magazine, “innovation is crucial to the continuing success of any organization”. Are there any management innovations, and if there are, what is their impact upon the stakeholders’ satisfaction? This article is part of a complex research upon specific and innovative aspects in managing a classic professional orchestra for maximizing the satisfaction of multiple stakeholders.
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Eichler, Jan. "Immigration in France and its security consequences." Vojenské rozhledy 29, no. 4 (November 24, 2020): 003–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.3849/2336-2995.29.2020.04.003-022.
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The article is about the immigration in France and its consequences on the security field. It starts by the historical context and pays a big attention to the development during last two decades. It analyses the process of the islamisation on the cultural, social, security, and political levels. It continues by the French debate which reflects the clash of two contrasting approaches: political correctness vs. critical attitudes. The French experts dispute about two key subjects: the numbers of the immigrants and, namely, the correlations between the immigration and the growing numbers and brutality of the terrorist attacks (the so – called amalgam). The last part analyses the place and the role the immigrants in the French armed forces. This text offers an original periodisation of the phenomena of the immigration in France since the first post WW II years until today. It examines not only its quantitative aspects, but also its qualitative changes.
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Helm, Ann. "Book Review: Life in the Rank and File: Enlisted Men and Women in the Armed Forces of the United States, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom." Armed Forces & Society 14, no. 2 (January 1988): 294–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0095327x8801400211.
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Kuchma, O. "CERTAIN ASPECTS OF LEGISLATION DEVELOPMENT IN THE FIELD OF SOCIAL INSURANCE IN INDEPENDENT UKRAINE." Bulletin of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Legal Studies, no. 118 (2021): 56–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.17721/1728-2195/2021/3.118-10.
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Purpose. The purpose of this article is to analyse changes in the legislation in the field of social insurance during 1991-2021, their causes and consequences, and identify some problems that need to be solved currently. Methods. The methodological basis of the article is the dialectical method of cognition of legal phenomena. The article also implies the usage of historical, comparative, formal-legal methods, methods of rational criticism and forecasting. Results. The article analyses the development of legislation in the field of social insurance (certain aspects of social insurance reform and the development of legislation in terms of determining the length of contribution period and calculating the insurance contribution necessary for obtaining social security of various types) during the years of independence of Ukraine (1991-2021). The prerequisites for legislative changes and consequences are emphasized. The critical assessment of the quality of legislation is also given, taking into account the large number of decisions of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine on declaring a number of provisions of the legislation to be unconstitutional, which indicates insufficient attention of the legislator to the non-violation of constitutional guarantees of social protection of people. Attention is drawn to innovations in legal regulation caused by the military operations in eastern Ukraine and the respiratory disease COVID-19 caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. This article examines some legislative changes that attracted some significant public interest and concerned a considerable number of people. Conclusions. When declaring provisions unconstitutional, it is not always logical to continue the settlement of legal relations on a disputed issue, which leads to a vacuum in legal regulation. The presence of inconsistencies in regulatory legal acts indicates the need to analyse the current legislation and improve the quality of documents. The issue of crediting the period to the insurance record when the employee, who was called up for service in the armed forces, participated in the ATO in 2014-2016, needs to be resolved, and therefore, it is proposed to amend Articles 11 and 40 of the law of Ukraine "On Mandatory State Pension Insurance" accordingly. Keywords: social insurance, pension reform, contribution period, single social contribution, salary compensation.
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BROŽIČ, LILIANA. "REVIEW CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SLOVENIAN SOCIETY AND ITS ATTITUDE TOWARDS SECURITY AND THE MILITARY." EU IN NATO: VARNOSTNA RAZMERJA/EU AND NATO: SECURITY RELATIONS, VOLUME 2021/ISSUE 23/2 (June 15, 2021): 107–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.33179/bsv.99.svi.11.cmc.23.2.rev.
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In June 2021, a scientific monograph by Dr Janja Vuga Beršnak was published, titled Kulturne značilnosti slovenske družbe in njen odnos do varnosti: vojska na stičišču zahtev države, pričakovanj družbe in lastne pohlepnosti . It has been reviewed by DD Rudi Rizman, Professor Emeritus, from the Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana; Dr Majda Hrženjak, senior research fellow at the Peace Institute in Ljubljana, and Dr Ljubica Jelušič from the Faculty of Social Sciences in Ljubljana. The monograph has 180 pages and forms a part of the Varnostne študije (Security Studies) collection (ed. Dr Anton Grizold, Prof) published by the Faculty of Social Sciences publishing house. Methodologically, the monograph is divided into three content sets: macro-, mezzo- and micro level, and individual level. At the macro level, the author first describes Slovenian culture. This is followed by the description of Slovenian society and security culture in the context of acceptable "risk", which she calls “the security bubble”, and finally, by a chapter on Slovenian society and its armed forces. The mezzo- and micro levels are first devoted to the future of military organizations: their culture and identity, followed by a chapter on the gender representativeness of the military organization. The author concludes this set with a chapter on the motivation for the military profession. In the last set, she focuses on the psychosocial framework of the functioning of members of a military organization, and on the risk and protection factors affecting them and their families. The presented topics indicate a step forward in the study of military sociology-related contents in Slovenia, specifically in the field of health and well-being. Dr. Janja Vuga Beršnak is Associate Professor and Senior Research Fellow at the Faculty of Social Sciences. She has discoursed the cultural aspects of the activities of members of the armed forces in international operations and missions as early as in her dissertation. In this scientific monograph, she explores the rarely presented dimensions of security culture, i.e. the relationship between the military and security from a cultural perspective. Her work is based on the research by probably one of the most famous authors in the field of research of interactions the between national and organizational cultures, a Dutchman Geert Hofstede, who died last year at the age of 91. Hofstede included Slovenia in one of his researches in 1991, when he researched the culture of business corporations (IBM). As early as in that period, he discovered, what was later confirmed in 2021 by Dr Andreja Terpotec in her doctoral dissertation on national culture in Slovenia in connection with corruption, and by Dr Janja Vuga Beršnak on the case of Slovenian society and its attitude towards the military. Slovenian culture is predominantly female-oriented, which means that it is determined by female qualities such as modesty, helping others and the weak, caring and nurturing good interpersonal relationships, compared to male-determined cultures, which are characterized by self-confidence, strength, determination, competition and success. The military organization and its mission are both based on a male-determined culture. Its members must demonstrate strength, self-confidence, determination and success. Only with such a culture is it possible to defend the homeland and deter various forms of threats. We could make a rough estimate that, considering the attitude of the state and the society towards its military, Slovenia is experiencing a harmonious relationship between two partners. In more depth, however, the author of the monograph notes that these two different cultural determinants have certain characteristics that should be understood, researched and taken into account in many processes and public policies; all with one single purpose – to ensure the safety and successful performance of each individual in the military and families of these individuals, and the security of the country as a whole. The monograph brings valuable findings and a completely different, fresh, very welcome, new perspective of the understanding of certain phenomena and characteristics in the broader international environment, but especially in Slovenia. Ever since the last global financial crisis, when the funds for the Slovenian Armed Forces were steadily being cut, there has been an impression that the armed forces were experiencing long-lasting cramp twinges that were by no means easing away. There was an impression that the attitude of the Slovenian state and the society towards the national armed forces resembled a relationship between a stepmother and a stepchild, whereby the former only demands and never gives. Gradually and after a long time, the cramp twinges subsided. This new monograph will facilitate the understanding of Slovenian culture, our society, the Slovenian Armed Forces and its families, and our diverse relations. An important role in the understanding of all of the above is certainly played by the monograph’s author Dr Janja Vuga Beršnak. She has consistently followed the scientific methodology, laws, views and various pieces of literature and sources throughout her research, and at the same time has personal experience of what a military family is, what are its benefits, and what it requires, being a greedy institution.
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Macdonald, Alastair J. "Courage, Fear and the Experience of the Later Medieval Scottish Soldier." Scottish Historical Review 92, no. 2 (October 2013): 179–206. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/shr.2013.0174.
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This article examines aspects of the experience of the later medieval Scottish soldier, in particular courage, fear and the factors that shaped these responses. In many respects the story sketched fits into wider patterns of warriors’ lives elsewhere in Latin Christendom. Similar influences served to encourage the soldier and the prospect of similar afflictions might spread fear. There are also particularities in the Scottish case. The Scots had especially acute problems to overcome, notably in comparison to their regular enemies, the English, in maintaining fortitude in armed forces that featured a relatively wide social spread, with attendant implications for protective equipment and rudimentary training for the occasional soldiers who usually made up the majority of the Scottish host. The circumstances of Scotland's wars with England, meanwhile, led to greater than usual dangers of captivity, injury and death, and a greater level of equality of risk across the social spectrum in Scottish armies. Full-scale battlefield encounters with England brought the most acute challenges to the collective courage of Scottish soldiers and it is testament to their severity that even a renowned figure like William Wallace suffered a failure of resolve when faced with battle at Falkirk in 1298.
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Milenković, Miloš, and Milovan Subotić. "Non-military aspects of strategic deterrence." Vojno delo 74, no. 4 (2022): 52–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.5937/vojdelo2204052m.
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Nowadays state and its citizens are exposed to a wide range of threats that are not necessarily of a military character, which requires a systemic and strategic response. The main hypothesis of the paper is that the very change in the perception of security, as well as the increasingly diverse manners of endangering it, which are also reflected in the theories of modern wars, impose on state the obligation to expand the concept of strategic deterrence to other spheres of social activities, in addition to the military, which still remains crucially important. In order to better understand the concept of strategic deterrence, the authors try to provide answers to the questions: who should be deterred and what from? In addition to armed aggression, which strategic deterrence is primarily aimed at, the paper indicates that the focus has to also be on all other phenomena and activities that lead to the destabilisation of society, the collapse of institutions, some form of intrastate conflict and, ultimately, the collapse of state and/or violent regime change. Having in mind that deterrence is, in essence, a matter of perception, a special part of the paper is devoted to the analysis of the situation in Serbia, that is, the perception of its internal weaknesses that affect the ability of strategic deterrence. For the purpose of this analysis, in the paper the authors use some databases and reports by international organizations, which make it possible to do a comparative analysis with other countries and monitor its trends. Theoretical assumptions and analysed data are used as a basis for answering the question: how to deter? For strategic deterrence to be effective, first of all it must not be partial and has to encompass all domains of national power. In this sense, it is pointed out that military power is important, but not sufficient. Moreover, in the context of strategic deterrence, the importance of strengthening the international position of state through cooperation with others, as well as attracting foreign investment, is emphasized. Finally, as a key condition for the credibility of strategic deterrence, the authors emphasize political stability and the functioning of institutions. Bearing in mind the expansion of the context of strategic deterrence, important institutions in this regard are, in addition to the military, police, intelligence and security services, certainly also the judiciary, financial institutions, educational and health system, cultural and information institutions, etc. For a country that has not managed to ensure the minimum of unity within its society for strategic decisions, or at least the absence of extreme polarisation, as well as the proper functioning of the state apparatus and other segments of society, there are not armed forces that could defend it. Such a state will not be externally attacked by potential enemies, but internally. Precisely due to this, the authors conclude that without a comprehensive and systemic approach, without strong and efficient institutions, without establishing a functional and democratic society, there is no successful deterrence.
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Shostachuk, Andrii. "THE SOME ASPECTS OF THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE HIGHER ENGINEERING EDUCATION IN UKRAINE." Scientific Bulletin of Uzhhorod University. Series: «Pedagogy. Social Work», no. 1(48) (May 27, 2021): 460–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.24144/2524-0609.2021.48.460-464.
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For many years there is a sharp decline in the number of applicants seeking engineering education in Ukraine. The trend has a direct threat to the economic situation and the existence of the Ukrainian state, because there are engineers and workers who determine GDP growth in our country, increase a welfare, a social benefits, an ability to reform the tax, judicial, law enforcement and health care systems, increasing of the defense capabilities of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, etc. Instead, today the most popular specialties among entrants are: foreign philology, law, international economics and psychology. The purpose of the article is to analyse main changes necessary for the implementation in the higher engineering education to level up graduates’ ability to solve the complex problems of technology and research in the industrial enterprises. The analysis of the reasons leading to the decline of the engineering education in Ukraine is conducted. Classification of factors that are the determinants for maintenance of high-quality engineering education is provided. Main factors that determine the popularity of engineering education and ways to increase its prestige are analysed. In particular, emphasis is placed on improving of the quality of secondary education, including mathematics and physics, on the importance of basic education of mechanical engineers, state policy in advertising engineering education, workload and wages, material-technical support, etc. It was proposed to gradually reduce the annual workload and to increase the allowances for the degree. The list of general engineering courses, fundamental in the training of a mechanical engineer, was provided.
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Koropatnik, I., and O. Beryslavska. "THE LEGAL ASPECTS OF PROTECTION OF CIVIL OBJECTS AND OBJECTS OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF AN ARMED CONFLICT." Visnyk Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Military-Special Sciences, no. 2 (44) (2020): 42–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.17721/1728-2217.2020.44.42-46.
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The article is dedicated to the normative-legal governing of protection of civil objects and objects of critical infrastructureunder the conditions of an armed conflict, that unconditionally is the key aspect to developing the national system of firmnessand sustainability and of course the survival of the state under the conditions of hybrid threats.It has been determined that the prohibitions that are set by the norms of international humanitarian law on the impossibility toinflict damage on civil objects or objects of critical infrastructure are often violated under the conditions of armed conflict andhybrid attacks, and therefore only prohibitions will turn out to be insufficient to achieve the state of protection for a society fromuncontrolled challenges and threats.It has also been pointed out, that there’s a critical growth of the level of threats not only to the economic, but also to theecological security of Ukraine. The absence of clear assessment of the scale of demolition, the duration of the situation and thecontinuity of the physical demolition of the infrastructure and civil objects on a significant part of the territory of the Donetsk andLuhansk regions do not allow to carry out precise assessment of losses and expenditures for Ukraine. The losses inflicted andcaused by the armed conflict in the Donbass are currently being assessed by Ukraine, UN, USAID and independent experts in adifferent manner.It has been pointed out that in the course of the Antiterrorist operation and the Operation of the United Forces in the east ofUkraine, as an addition to the most frightening phenomenon – the death of people, there’re also thousands of objects ofinfrastructure damaged and destroyed including housing. Thousands of families are left homeless, or with their houses damagedto such an extent that there’s no possibility to live there in a save and regular manner. Additionally, there’re plenty of civil objectsand objects of infrastructure that have been destroyed, the networks of water, heat, gas and electricity supply, as well as objectsthat assure the flow of used water and sewage, roads objects of social and cultural purpose, such as schools, kindergartens,healthcare entities, cultural and historical monuments etc.It has been proven, that the classification of objects of critical infrastructure is to be done with the inclusion of the followingcriteria such as: their importance to carry out the vital functions; the existing threats they could be damaged by; the duration ofactivities for their reconstruction and restoring with additional stress made on the issues of establishing a legislative basis torestore and rebuilt the civil objects and objects of critical infrastructure that have been damaged as a consequence of the armedconflict.
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Vilapakkam Nagarajan, Karthik. "A study of Internet service provider industry stakeholder collaboration in Australia." Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society 12, no. 3 (August 5, 2014): 245–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jices-02-2014-0010.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine institutional influences on the customer service (CS) and complaints handling (CH) practices of the Australian Internet industry. Design/methodology/approach – The study adopted a qualitative research methodology using semi-structured interview as a research method. The study was informed by constructivist/interpretive research paradigm approaches to knowledge. Eleven senior executives from key Internet industry stakeholder organizations were interviewed. Findings – Using the neo-institutional theory lens, this study found that the institutional forces (regulatory, customer and competition pressures) played a pivotal role in bringing all Internet industry stakeholders together to address CS/CH shortcomings in the old Telecommunications Consumer Protection (TCP) Code 2007. This led to significant changes to the CS/CH practices detailed in the revised TCP Code 2012. The study findings revealed that frequent and fateful collaborations between central institutional actors have led to the emergence of organizational fields. The actors identified in the emerging organizational fields actively influence the CS/CH practices and the subsequent implementation of the practices in vLISPs. Research limitations/implications – The study focused on the functional aspects of service quality (SQ). Technical aspects of SQ is equally important, and future research needs to consider both aspects of SQ when assessing overall performance of vLISPs. Practical implications – The study findings encourage vLISP managers to continue collaboration with external stakeholders and develop customer-friendly practices that deliver desirable CS/CH outcomes. Social implications – The study findings revealed that when all vLISP industry stakeholders collaborate with each other on a focal issue, there is noticeable progress towards development of CS practices that will contribute to a better CS experience. Originality/value – An evidence-based approach was used towards understanding and explaining how and why institutional actors of technology-based service organizations act together. A significant contribution arising from this study is the identification and discussion of emerging organizational fields comprising the central actors in the Internet industry. These emerging organizational fields have the potential to develop into mature organizational fields and inform future CS/CH practices and consumer protection policies in the Australian Internet industry.
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Rynn, J. M. W., E. Brennan, P. R. Hughes, I. S. Pedersen, and H. J. Stuart. "The 1989 Newcastle, Australia, earthquake." Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering 25, no. 2 (June 30, 1992): 77–144. http://dx.doi.org/10.5459/bnzsee.25.2.77-144.
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The vulnerability of urban environments in continental regions to earthquake forces was explicitly demonstrated in Australia's devastating Newcastle earthquake on December 28, 1989. This moderately-sized earthquake of Richter magnitude ML 5.6 (Moment magnitude M 5.3) claimed 13 lives, damaged more than 70,000 properties and left an estimated total loss of about $AU (1991) 4 billion. The need for an earthquake mitigation programme in Australia was thus clearly established. It is for this reason that a multidisciplinary approach involving seismology, geology, engineering, insurance, local government and emergency services is being followed to study this event and its consequences.
The earthquake source is defined as being on a thrust fault trending NW-SE dipping 75° to the NE, with a depth of focus at 11.5 km, source radius of 1.86 km, stress drop of at least 24 bars and a displacement along the rupture surface of at least 310 mm. The epicentre is located at 32.95°S, 151.61°E close to Boolaroo, about 15 km SW of the City of Newcastle, and with an epicentral error of about + 15 km. More than 100,000 observations from damage and felt reports are being analysed and integrated with the wide experiences gained in the rescue, recovery and renewal phases that have extended over the two years since the event.
The specific issue of the geotechnical aspects is of great importance. It is being considered from the view of urban geology (surface alluvial sediments), rather than from theoretical considerations, to explain the major extent of building damage on the alluvial areas, amplification and liquefaction. Apart from the immediate "causes" of damage, serious consideration is being given to the long-term effects which have resulted in the latent and recurrent defects to buildings. The engineering findings from the Newcastle earthquake are discussed in detail. While it is uneconomical and not necessary to design a structure to withstand the greatest likely earthquake without damage in Australia, the cost of providing strength to resist very high intensity loads must be weighed against the importance of the structure and probability of the earthquakes, particularly in areas such as this with relatively little known seismic histories. Lessons for local government authorities who had not previously considered seismic activity are addressed. Based on the response and recovery of the City of Newcastle, the lessons include the development of a recovery management plan, revision of building regulations and the requirements for hazard mitigation. Unfortunately, several misconceptions about some aspects of the consequences of this earthquake have arisen. These concern the limitations of some analyses, use of selected data sets rather than all the available data and apparent lack of understanding of complex, rather than singular, causal relationships. Implications for the engineering, insurance and possibly the legal professions need to be considered.
The potential to reduce losses in future earthquakes in Australia through an earthquake mitigation programme is now an achievable goal. The scenarios of such an event occurring at a different time or in a different city can be addressed, based on the Newcastle and other international experiences. Sufficient information is available to prepare the revised Australian earthquake loading code as a reliable and practical document for use by engineers. The consequences of the 1989 Newcastle earthquake have also captured the interest of researchers from many other continental areas of the Earth who must consider preparations for similar situations. All aspects of the study ultimately lead to the preparedness of urban communities to deal with such consequences with the assistance of emergency services agencies to minimize the social and economic traumas that will inevitably occur.