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Sep

/26
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Swedish Defence Researchers Find Little Evidence That Conscription Makes Better Citizens

A systematic review commissioned by the Swedish Armed Forces has found little scientific evidence that military conscription turns young people into better citizens. FOI researcher Peter Bäckström reviewed Nordic studies examining the long-term effects of military service on civic engagement, crime, drug abuse and social attitudes. The review found no clear causal effects on outcomes […]
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Jul

/26
By Conscription News, Research, cuba No Comments

Suicide Is the Leading Documented Cause of Death Among Cuban Conscripts

The Cuban Citizen Audit Observatory has documented at least 97 deaths or disappearances among recruits in Cuba’s compulsory military service between 2001 and 2026. Thirty-three were recorded as suicides, making suicide the leading known cause of death; 22 occurred in 2025 alone, with victims averaging 18.7 years old. The report describes family isolation, precarious living […]
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Jul

/26
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New Study: Swiss Conscripts’ Fitness is on the Decline

A large Swiss study reports that male conscripts’ physical fitness declined between 2006 and 2024. The deterioration was concentrated after 2020, even as more recruits described themselves as physically active. Researchers analysed 706,994 records collected during Switzerland’s mandatory conscription assessments. Male recruits’ model-adjusted fitness score fell from 74.2 to 70.4 out of 125, a decline […]
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Jul

/26
By Research, finland, philosophy No Comments

New Thesis: Organising the Armed Forces: Ethically Justified Armed Forces

Tuukka Korpinen’s thesis examines how armed forces can be ethically organized. Rather than treating military recruitment as a purely practical question, the paper analyzes conscription, professional armies, private military organizations, and hybrid models through the lenses of just war theory, distributive justice, soldiers’ consent, and James Pattison’s cumulative moderate instrumentalism. Korpinen argues that the ethical […]
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Brazil Bars Conscripts From Voting While They Serve

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Finnish Conscripts Served Food More Than a Month Past Its Expiration

A Finnish Soldier looks at a tablet during preparations for a demonstration of the dropping of a joint direct attack munition bomb from a Finnish Air Force F/A-18 Fighter Jet near Rovaniemi, Finland, May 23, 2024. This demonstration was part of Defender Europe 2024. Defender Europe seeks to demonstrate U.S. Army Europe’s ability to quickly aggregate combat power in Eastern Europe. DEFENDER is the Dynamic Employment of Forces to Europe for NATO Deterrence and Enhanced Readiness, and is a U.S. European Command scheduled, U.S. Army Europe and Africa conducted exercise that consists of Saber Strike, Immediate Response, and Swift Response. DEFENDER 24 is linked to NATO’s Steadfast Defender exercise, and DoD’s Large Scale Global Exercise, taking place from 28 March to 31 May. DEFENDER 24 is the largest U.S. Army exercise in Europe and includes more than 17,000 U.S. and 23,000 multinational service members from more than 20 Allied and partner nations, including Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Georgia, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Staff Sgt. Ian Valley)
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Finnish Conscript Deserted for 448 Days, Was Returned to Barracks, Then Disappeared Again

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