Armed Forces

A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. It is typically officially authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with its members identifiable by their distinct military uniform. It may consist of one or more military branches such as an army, navy, air force, space force, marines, or coast guard. The main task of the military is usually defined as defence of the state and its interests against external armed threats. In broad usage, the terms armed forces and military are often treated as synonymous, although in technical usage …

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PCNS: Policy Center for the New South · 24 April 2024 English

In the same vein, a press release from the Burkina Faso presidency stated that “the experts discussed subjects of common interest to the peoples of the three states and drew …

of March, the Chiefs of General Staff of the armed forces of the Sahel Alliance (AES) agreed to set up Salaou Barmou, Niger's Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, in a statement issued at the end of the meeting


MP-IDSA: Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses · 22 April 2024 English

Second, India sought to reconcile the divergent positions of the two Superpower blocs in the Council.6 Moreover, India proposed the formation of the Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission (NNRC) and later …

influenced by factors such as the size of its armed forces, its role in the Non-Aligned Movement, and its peacekeepers’ mission effectiveness. India’s armed forces plan to boost peacekeeping with advanced technologies China’s State Council Information Office, “China’s Armed Forces: 30 Years of UN Peacekeeping Operations”, at on 30 years of UN Peacekeeping titled China’s Armed Forces: 30 Years of UN Peacekeeping Operations. It Quarterly, 195, 2008, pp. 631-655. 36 “China’s Armed Forces: 30 Years of UN Peacekeeping Operations”, China’s


SIPRI: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute · 22 April 2024 English

Total global military expenditure reached $2443 billion in 2023, an increase of 6.8 per cent in real terms from 2022. This was the steepest year-on-year increase since 2009. The 10 …

strengthen the operational readiness of the armed forces amid ongoing tensions with China and Pakistan by the govern ment to strengthen the DRC’s armed forces after it demanded the early with drawal of current and capital expenditure on: (a) the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; (b) defence additional military equipment for the Ukrainian armed forces. It does not include the estimated value of


SWP: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik · 22 April 2024 German

SWP-Studie 2024/S 11, April 2024, 144 Seiten

Wahrung der Freiheit pean Defence Policies & Armed Forces, Oxford 2018, S. 870–887. der Schifffahrt im


INEW: International Network on Explosive Weapons · 21 April 2024

"The Declaration is an important statement of intent, but it is vital that signatories now go on to implement necessary prohibitions and restrictions on the use of explosive weapons in …

Syria. The EWM report shows that the Israel armed forces dropped 29,000 explosive munitions on Gaza during


UN-Habitat: UN Human Settlements Programme · 19 April 2024 English

11 12 March 2024 Sumy region Мyropillia village 5 private houses, an administrative Sumy district building, a business facility, a power transmission line, a school and a dam damaged. [...] …

Information on missile and artillery attacks by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on critical infrastructure


CEIP: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace · 18 April 2024 English

Despite embracing democracy, radical-right parties pose a significant challenge to the EU’s fundamental values. European leaders and institutions must address this challenge to safeguard democracy in the EU and ensure …

Defense Forces, has asserted that Estonia’s armed forces have become stronger by increasing their ammunition


INEW: International Network on Explosive Weapons · 18 April 2024 English

Photo by Mahmoud Sulaiman INEW | APRIL 2024 The International Network on Explosive Weapons (INEW)1 calls for HUMANITARIAN CONSEQUENCES OF THE USE OF strengthened action to prevent human suffering from …

explosive devices - are designed for use in open armed forces and other relevant national stakeholders. battlefields


AAN_AF: Afghanistan Analysts Network · 18 April 2024 English

The first quarrel dates back to 1947 when newly-created Pakistan was set to join the United Nations as an independent state and Afghanistan voted against its membership.6 However, long before …

later. In April 2023, the director of Pakistan’s armed forces’ public relations wing, the Inter-Services Public


MP-IDSA: Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses · 18 April 2024 English

Thus, Influence Operations refer to the use of non-military means of psychological, technological, economic and political influence and subversion to undermine the security and governance of a targeted country. [...] …

Strategic Research (IRSEM), Paris, Ministry for the Armed Forces, October 2021. 20 | ADIL RASHEED donations to Strategic Research (IRSEM), Ministry for the Armed Forces, Paris, October 2021. 73 Ibid. 74 “What to do


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