Interpretive Structural Modeling Approach to Civil Military Relations in India | Chapter 9 | Science and Technology - Recent Updates and Future Prospects Vol. 5

 Civil Military Relations (CMR) is a complex mix of explicit, implicit, traditions, precedence, evolutions, powers forming part of the social contract that underpins the country`s governance. The main players in civil military relations are the politicians, the civilian bureaucracy, the society and the Armed Forces. Various important factors that influence Civil Military Relations include the formation of a state, command and control of the armed forces, evolution of the political environment and relationship between the state & the society. The subject is of immense importance for a developing mature democratic state. There are a few factors known as CMR Enablers and Barriers (EBs), that affect CMR. The paper studies the basic relationships amongst the shortlisted EBs and understands the driver and driven EBs. Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM) technique with Micmac Analysis was used to determine inter-se relationships between the EBs. Ultimately, how critical each factor is for the success of CMR was identified. Legacy, Leadership and National Interest were found to be the most critical EBs. Five other EBs were also identified though less critical but of importance in CMR. Future studies could quantify the framework obtained from the ISM model, using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP). Future research in this field could be carried out using the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP).

 

Author(s) Details:

Dr. Sanjeev Sharma
Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune – 412115, Maharashtra, India.

Dr. Poornima Tapas
Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune, constituent of Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune – 412115, Maharashtra, India.

Please see the link here: https://stm.bookpi.org/STRUFP-V5/article/view/14932

Balancing Civil-military Relations for Democratic Development in Malawi: The Rhombus Diamond Framework | Chapter 10 | Recent Research Advances in Arts and Social Studies Vol. 4

 This chapter seeks to address the question of how the level of civil-military relations has impacted the extent of democratization in Malawi. In doing so, the discussion has developed a rhombus diamond theory of civil-military relations, which posits that the military is the fulcrum in the relationship that has civilians, elected authorities, civilian authorities and the judiciary on apexes. The waning space for the political-military complex as a referent object of security and the advent of human security by the Copenhagen school of thought induced a human-centric approach to security matters. The theory aims at keeping the relations of civil-military entities in equilibrium to develop the country into a consolidated democracy. The central thesis is that community of practice is the key civil-military relations players that include the local population for the direct political power they portray to the matters of security affecting them. The rhombus diamond theory is developed from the antitheses of classical institutional civil-military relations that focused much on the political-military complexes and consolidated democracies. Rhombus diamond theory has taken into historical accounts of Malawi where the local population and the military contributed directly to civil-military relations and safeguarded democratic values. The theory contributes to the body of knowledge by establishing that development and transformation occur through the interaction of the key civil-military relations players in a specific time and geographical milieu. The theory applies to transformative civil-military relations community development and supports United Nations Sustainable development Goal Number 16 that promotes peaceful and inclusive societies, justice, accountability and building of effective institutions. The theory implies that the key civil-military relations players will understand their respective roles and be able to comprehend to democratic principles through deep interaction and fusion of ideas for peace and security.

Author(s) Details:

Thokozani Andrew Chazema,
Department of Environmental Sciences, Mzuzu University, Mzuzu, Malawi and Department of Governance, Peace and Security Studies, Mzuzu University, Mzuzu, Malawi and Malawi University of Science and Technology, Bingu School of Culture and Heritage, Thyolo, Malawi and Transformative Community Development Programme, Mzuzu University, Mzuzu, Malawi.

Mavuto Tembo,
Transformative Community Development Programme, Mzuzu University, Mzuzu, Malawi.

Chrispin Mphande,
Transformative Community Development Programme, Mzuzu University, Mzuzu, Malawi.

Robert Kerr,
Department of Joint Warfighting, USAF Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, USA.

Vincent Nundwe,
Transformative Community Development Programme, Mzuzu University, Mzuzu, Malawi.

David Kumwenda,
Transformative Community Development Programme, Mzuzu University, Mzuzu, Malawi.

Please see the link here: https://stm.bookpi.org/RRAASS-V4/article/view/13238