What do crisis and the military system have in common?

english

2013

volume 6, issue 1

Narodna in univerzitetna knjižnica
(Obvezni izvod spletne publikacije)

The cyclical crises in the 20th century, stemming primarily from the economic and financial sector and subsequently spreading into all of the social systems, have also influenced the military subsystem. In such circumstances the military subsystem as a major user of budgetary resources would be under a twofold pressure: the diminishing resources would call for profound or even radical changes of its dimension and quality, while on the other hand the crisis would usually involve an increased security risk, which would in turn involve the increasing demands being imposed on the military system. The Slovenian version of the global economic crisis, which broke out in 2008 as a financial crisis in the USA and Europe, resulted in a radical decrease of budgetary resources intended for the military system, which had been professionalised. One of the first economy interventions of the state involved a reduction of the military budget in the amount of 25 percent. The crisis hinders the stability and especially the development of the military system, and due to their size and lack of flexibility the military systems are not capable to adapt quickly. Nevertheless, in none of the cases can we discern any examples of increased aggressiveness towards the internal public, which demonstrates the traditional loyalty of the army in this space.

20.12.2023