military policy
Armed forces guidelines
Military policy is the set of principles and guidelines governing a nation's armed forces—their size, deployment, use of force, and strategic objectives.
It encompasses decisions about defense spending, weapons development, troop positioning, and rules of engagement.
Military policy intersects with foreign policy and national security: The administration's military policy shifted toward counterterrorism after the attacks.
- deterrencePrevention via threatened consequences
- nuclear deterrentArms discouraging aggression
- logisticsCoordination of complex activities
- budgetingAllocating funds systematically
- escalationProgressive increase in intensity
treaties · mobilization · rules of engagement · preemption · procurement · defense spending · conscription · containment · alliances · emergency powers · grand strategy · deployment · forward operating base · chain of command · counterinsurgency · hearts and minds · boots on the ground · total war
- Military Affairsdefense secretary, War Department, defense strategy, congressional oversight, commander in chief
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Government actions within borders
social policy · economic policy · education policy · civil affairs · welfare policy
military policydiplomacy
Negotiation between nations
pacifism · foreign diplomacy · negotiation · nonviolent resistance · soft power
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