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Scholars and Security

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2010

Paul Bracken
Affiliation:
Yale University. E-mail: paul.bracken@yale.edu

Extract

Michael Mosser's essay presents a strong brief for a constructive relationship between the academy and military and security institutions. Unless scholars join the security debate they won't have much of a voice in it. Much of the concern in the academy about being used or corrupted by the military is based on a misconception. Let's call it by its name: a prejudice. Too many academics think that senior military people are hawks, and not particularly smart or thoughtful ones. But this stereotype more often fits the civilians in the national security institutions than the military. And it's exactly those civilians who will dominate the idea market of national security and international order if academics withdraw from it.

Type
Reflections Symposium
Copyright
Copyright © American Political Science Association 2010

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