militarizations
Building armed forces
Militarizations are instances or processes of making something military in character.
A country undergoes militarization when it builds up armed forces, develops weapons, or organizes society around military priorities.
The term often carries critical connotations, suggesting excessive or inappropriate military influence: the militarization of police forces, the militarization of space.
Collective military weapons
- rearmamentRebuilding military capacity
- mobilizationOrganizing for action
- escalationProgressive increase in intensity
- arms raceEscalating weapons accumulation between nations
fortification · defense spending · conscription · stockpiling · nuclear proliferation · troop deployment · war footing · garrison
Nation's combined military services
- juntaPost-coup ruling clique
- defense ministryMilitary oversight agency
- standing armyContinuously maintained military force
- national guardDomestic military reserve force
pentagon · general staff · high command · officer corps · security forces · militia · veteran affairs
Armed conflict between groups
- invasionForcible entry into territory
- occupationOne's regular paid work
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
- aggressionHostile or attacking behavior
hostilities · combat operations · intervention · territorial expansion · conquest · imperialism · colonization · insurgency
armament
Collective military weapons
- rearmamentRebuilding military capacity
- mobilizationOrganizing for action
- escalationProgressive increase in intensity
arms race · fortification · defense spending · conscription · stockpiling · nuclear proliferation · troop deployment · war footing · garrison · enlistment
armed forces
Nation's combined military services
- juntaPost-coup ruling clique
- defense ministryMilitary oversight agency
- standing armyContinuously maintained military force
national guard · pentagon · general staff · high command · officer corps · security forces · militia · veteran affairs
warfare
Armed conflict between groups
- invasionForcible entry into territory
- occupationOne's regular paid work
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
aggression · hostilities · combat operations · intervention · territorial expansion · conquest · imperialism · colonization · insurgency · counterinsurgency
militarizationsdemilitarizations
Removals of armed forces
demobilizations · disarmaments · drawdowns · defense cuts · stand-downs
militarizationsdemilitarizations
Removals of armed forces
pacifications · civilianization · peacebuilding · antimilitarism · pacifism