Description
Although a considerable part of the literature presents the United States as a reference in building stability in its civil-military relations, the debate on militarization and militarism has called this assessment into question. Recent events in American politics have helped to revive this debate. Besides former President Trump having considered mobilizing the US Armed Forces on national territory to annul the results of the presidential election and repeatedly referred to the military as "my military" and "my generals", he also has left open the possibility of invoking the Insurrection Act if he is re-elected. However, the contemporary intensification of militarization in the US does not only come from the strengthening of the extreme right in the country. This research agenda seeks to analyze the relationship between militarization and radicalization, arguing that American interventions in the wake of the Global War on Terror, especially in Afghanistan and Iraq, contributed to the radicalization of military personnel, who, recently, have been active in far-right militia groups, such as the Oath Keeper.
