New legislation would give the ADF more power to respond to future bushfires and other disasters. But questions remain about the scope of this involvement and how ADF personnel would be deployed.
Amadou Toumani Toure in 2005.
Photo by Gilles BASSIGNAC/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images
Touré pursued a strategy he called 'the politics of consensus', ostensibly enabling him to work with everyone, transcend partisan divisions and advance the public interest.
Kenyan soldiers stand over caskets bearing the remains of their fallen comrades during prayers in 2016.
Tony Karumba/AFP via Getty Images
When an atrocity is committed in war — and the army fails to respond — it is due to a moral failure of command. It's time for the army to show the same courage as those veterans who have spoken out.
China didn't feature explicitly in Scott Morrison's speech, but the dramatic growth in its military capabilities was a clear reason for the surge in defence spending.
A military officer distributes maize flour in Kampala, Uganda, where the urban poor have been affected by the lockdown.
Hajarah Nalwadda/Xinhua via GettyImages
China has embarked on ambitious reforms to modernise the People's Liberation Army to be able to defeat the US in a potential conflict. But many challenges remain.
The Cambodian army unload medical supplies donated by China.
Mak Remissa/EPA
Rebecca Tippett, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The 2020 census will now count some groups differently than it has in the past. That could make a difference in the final count – affecting which states receive funding and congressional seats.
Set in the army during apartheid, the South African film Moffie is a masterpiece. Oliver Hermanus, a black filmmaker, explores how toxic white masculinity breeds racism and homophobia.
New Afghan National Army recruits march during their February graduation ceremony.
AP Photo/Rahmat Gul
The US is taking an untraditional approach in its peace talks with the Taliban. The new deal does not contain many of the elements that are typically key to a successful peace negotiation.
Kevin Vickers, former House of Commons Sergeant-at-Arms, receives the Star of Courage at Rideau Hall from Gov. Gen. David Johnston in February 2016 to pay tribute to security services members who responded to the 2014 shooting on Parliament Hill. Vickers was lauded as a hero.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
We do a disservice to survivors of major tragedies when we call them "heroes." Instead, we should change our policies and attitudes to help them truly survive the disaster.
The military should take more care when hiring new staff if we are to prevent atrocities in wars.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo (central) visiting a military base in the Natuna islands, near the South China Sea, Indonesia, January 8, 2020.
Agus Soeparto (handout, made available by Indonesian Presidential Palace))/EPA
Indonesia's response to China's 2016 incursion into its exclusive economic zone was short-lived. And again, it's sending mixed signals in the Natuna sea dispute.
President Donald Trump talks with reporters during a visit with U.S. Army dog Conan.
AP Photo/ Evan Vucci
Trump's recent comments echo a troubled history of the use of dogs against people of color, as well as pejorative depictions of people of color as animals.
For some, military service can be effective at controlling the effects of childhood trauma. Leaving means they’ve lost that important structure.
AAP Image/Glenn Hunt
Professor, School for the Future of Innovation in Society & School of Computing, Informatics and Decision Systems Engineering, Arizona State University