Navigating Uncertainty - S01E03 - The Case for a Post-Military Defence Force

UNSW Canberra Podcasts

A post-military defence institution is one that performs the core functions currently entrusted to armed forces—including national defence against external aggression—but that relies on an assortment of non-violent means and methods. Recent research suggests that this can be a viable alternative to the military, in the sense of being comparably effective, but that is not all. A post-military defence establishment would also allow us to avoid the considerable moral, social, and cultural costs associated with maintaining national institutions that are devoted to war-making. In this podcast, the third in the Navigating Uncertainty series, Dr Ned Dobos elaborates on these costs, and discusses the advantages that would accrue to any society that decided to transition to a post-military defence alternative.