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Podcast: The Cove Podcast
Episode: The Unseen Ties: Exploring Civil-Military Relations – Prof. Risa Brooks PhD
Description: ‘The problem is if society becomes accustomed to or reliant on using the army to solve problems or to address failures of civilian capacity.’
In this week’s episode, we sit down with Dr Risa Brooks PhD, a Professor of Political Science at Marquette University and a leading scholar on civil-military relations, to unpack the enduring tension between military effectiveness and democratic control. Drawing on Peter Feaver’s concept of the “problematique,” Dr Brooks examines how this dilemma plays out in democracies like Australia and the United States today.
We explore t...