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Negligence Scandal: Eight Swedish Conscripts Injured in Extreme Cold

Sweden: Eight conscripts at the Interpreter School of the Swedish Armed Forces Intelligence and Security Centre suffered cold injuries during a winter exercise in Arvidsjaur after training reportedly was not adapted to extreme temperatures. Incident reports say soldiers were sent straight into the field after a 13-hour bus ride, kept outside for up to 12 […]
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Mar

/26
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Policy Brief: Gender Polarization among South Korean Youth: Determinants, Conscription, and Comparative Insights from Sweden

In a new interesting policy brief of the Institute for Security and Development Policy, Hannah Kim points out the damage to gender relations in South Korea. Among the various structural drivers, male-only conscription in South Korea remains one of the most enduring and polarizing institutions affecting young men. (…) The symbolic weight of conscription has […]
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Feb

/26
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Sweden: Conscription System Is Overloaded and Can’t Handle More Conscripts

In an interesting Altinget piece, Joel Rehn argues against a proposal to expand the annual conscript intake to 12,000 (up from the current 8,000), an idea put forward by the former Minister of Defence, who served in the Social Democrats’ government from 2014 to 2022. Rehn argues this would result in poorer quality of education […]
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