Under the banner of martial empiricism, we advance a distinctive set of theoretical and
methodological commitments for the study of war. Previous efforts to wrestle with this most …

New areas of research on veterans are emerging as the field of veterans studies develops
and grows. Yet gaps remain in interdisciplinary research efforts on veterans. The research …

This article explores the rituals and rhythms of military commemoration events and the ways
these practices reproduce and legitimize militarism. I assess two Canadian war …

While the explosion of videogames as a global entertainment medium has been explored in
International Relations (IR) and associated fields in some detail in recent years, the …

This article argues that the analytic of pharmacotic war can render visible a logic of ritual
sacrifice in the US military's use of games to attract, produce, and recycle war-fighters …

Military suicide is an increasing concern for Western militaries. In this article, using a
qualitative media analysis, we introduce the military suicide equation as a metanarrative and …

Private security work can be a brutal world of short-term contracts, exploitation, and under-
regulation, where the imperative of profit is expected to trump collective notions of military …

In recent years, the NATO member nations have committed to a coordinated approach to
strengthening resilience among the Allies, including the development of National Resilience …

" Politics of Play: Wargaming with the US Military is the first book in International Relations to
examine the use of wargames in the world's most powerful fighting forces. Since 2014, a …

Security issues are the global concern nowadays, which triggers government spending on
military equipment and supply chain. This paper analyzes the global perspective of …