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Jess Blankshain
@profjessblankshain.bsky.social
Associate professor, mom, triathlete, dog person, Swiftie. US foreign policy, civil-military relations, & bureaucratic politics. Personal views only.
363 followers414 following217 posts
I am very concerned that we have seen these civilian institutions repeatedly fail to safeguard democracy. But that is reason for citizens to push these civilian institutions to do their jobs, not to turn to the military as the savior of democracy. 4/ www.nytimes.com/2021/09/16/o...
Opinion | The Downside of High Trust in the Military (Published 2021)
The gap between trust in the military and trust in civilian institutions of government helps explain our 20 years in Afghanistan.
My colleagues @lindsaypcohn.bsky.social@eclipticevader.bsky.social@mzmargulies.bsky.socialwarontherocks.com/2019/08/what...
What Discord Follows: The Divisive Debate over Military Disobedience - War on the Rocks
In The Soldier and the State, Samuel Huntington tells a story of a German officer in World War II who strongly believed his government was wrong, but also
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Jess Blankshain
@profjessblankshain.bsky.social
Associate professor, mom, triathlete, dog person, Swiftie. US foreign policy, civil-military relations, & bureaucratic politics. Personal views only.
363 followers414 following217 posts