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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
By Research, fitness, switzerland No Comments

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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09

Jul

/26
By Research, disability, japan No Comments

New Article: Conscription, Disability, and the State’s Power to Classify

A new article examines the historical relationship between conscription and disability in modern Japan, arguing that military recruitment systems played a central role in defining, ranking, and excluding disabled people. Through the lens of conscription examinations, wartime health policy, eugenics, military welfare, and postwar disability legislation, it shows how the state distinguished between those considered […]
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Salla Piira, a Finnish combat camera and conscript with Kainuu Brigade, poses in a woodline with her standard equipment during a Saber Strike force-on-force event at Vuosanka Training Area, May 19, 2026. From April 27 to May 31, 2026, U.S. and Allied forces will exercise NATO’s Eastern Flank Deterrence Initiative, demonstrating NATO’s ability to fight and win on the modern battlefield. Nearly 15,000 troops from eleven nations will train across the High North, Baltic region, and Poland, executing rapid maneuvers, air defense, counter-drone operations, and cyber defense to validate NATO’s regional defense plans in real time. This series of linked exercises, including Saber Strike, Immediate Response, and Swift Response, turns investment into capability. Soldiers integrate unmanned systems, AI-enabled command and control, and live data networks to move faster, decide faster, and fight more effectively across all domains. Sword 26 demonstrates how U.S. Army Europe and Africa drives transformation at scale while strengthening deterrence. Together with our Allies, we are building a unified, lethal force ready to defend NATO territory and respond to any threat. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Addison Shinn)
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