The veneration of militaries around the world has surged around the world in recent decades. Public confidence in armed forces has risen and political and cultural leaders have increasingly idealized soldiers and officers. Join the Oxford University International Relations Society for a discussion with Professor Ron Krebs on his ongoing book project exploring the proliferation of global militarism and its implications for soldiers, national and international security, and democracy.

This event is open to all members of the University of Oxford.

Speaker Bio: Ron Krebs is Distinguished McKnight University Professor and Professor of Political Science at the University of Minnesota. Krebs is immediate past editor-in-chief of the leading scholarly journal Security Studies and is coeditor of the Oxford Handbook of Grand Strategy (Oxford UP, 2021). He is currently writing a book titled The Age of Global Militarism: How Veneration of the Military Spread—and Why it Matters.