Scientific article
Published:
Militæraktivisme: Uklare definisjoner og politisk slagside
Summary:
Military Activism: Vague Definitions and Political Lopsidedness
A recent issue of Internasjonal Politikk had a Focus section dedicated to “military activism” in the Scandinavian context. Unfortunately, several of the contributions suffer from vague and partly politicized use of the term. Military activism appears to be applied analogous to international operations, thus failing to contribute with any new analytical insights. The section shows that military activism may be a fruitful term in the Danish context, but fails to demonstrate that this is a Scandinavian phenomenon.
A recent issue of Internasjonal Politikk had a Focus section dedicated to “military activism” in the Scandinavian context. Unfortunately, several of the contributions suffer from vague and partly politicized use of the term. Military activism appears to be applied analogous to international operations, thus failing to contribute with any new analytical insights. The section shows that military activism may be a fruitful term in the Danish context, but fails to demonstrate that this is a Scandinavian phenomenon.
- Published year: 2021
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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.23865/intpol.v79.3088
- Page count: 6
- Language: Norwegian
- Volume: 79
- Journal: Internasjonal Politikk - Skandinavisk tidsskrift for internasjonale studier
- URL 1: https://tidsskriftet-ip.no/index.php/intpol/article/view/3088/5378
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Written by
Karsten Friis
Research Professor