Civil-Military Engagement During Public Health Emergencies

A Comparative Analysis of Domestic Responses to Covid 19

Datos Bibliográficos

ID22010260
AutoresSantiago Boland (0000-0001-6470-5470, Chatham House, autor de correspondencia), Rob Grace (0000-0003-4405-5284, John Brown University, autor de correspondencia), Josiah Kaplan (0009-0005-3461-7249, autor de correspondencia)
Año2023
Volumen11
Número1
Fecha de publicación2023-08-02
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaStability International Journal of Security and Development (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2165-2627 • E-ISSN: 2165-2627
EditorialDepartment of Peace Studies and International Development, University of Bradford (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.5334/sta.859
OpenAlexW4385500529
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas16

Despite the central role that domestic militaries regularly play in supporting civilian disease outbreak responses, the dynamics of civil-military coordination during major health emergencies remain largely under-explored in public health, humanitarian, and security literatures. Previous research has found, furthermore, that existing international civil-military guidelines hold limited relevance during pandemics, especially at national and local levels, which is currently evidenced by the observable lack of coherence and high variance in domestic military approaches to COVID-19 worldwide. This article presents a comparative analysis of three of these approaches—in the United Kingdom, China, and the Philippines—and maps these countries’ military contributions to the COVID-19 response across a number of domains. Analysis of these case studies builds knowledge and provides important insights into the ways that humanitarian civil-military engagement exists in unacknowledged contexts and forms; how militaries are often ‘first responders’ rather than a ‘last resort’ in crisis contexts; the confusion surrounding how to understand various non-military armed and security actors; and how pandemics represent a unique domain for humanitarian civil-military engagement that tests both the international system and international norms. This paper concludes with policy, guidance development, and research recommendations for improved practice during localised humanitarian civil-military engagement

China · Disease · Economic growth · Pandemic · Political science · Public health · Public relations · Global Security and Public Health · Health and Conflict Studies · Law · Medicine · Public Administration · Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research