Prevailing Cultural Aspects In Croatian Security Sector Reform
Prevailing Cultural Aspects In Croatian Security Sector Reform

Summary/Abstract: The impact of a variety of cultural influences and social values on the process of the Croatian Security Sector Reform will be reviewed. It is too often considered as being a tool of downsizing so that neither nation wide nor intra-institutional dialogue takes place about what in reality does constitute professionalized armed forces today. As a result of this, quite a few soldiers started to feel certain emotional detachment from their military organization and profession. Security and defence structures should accept the precedence of the civilians in the security and defence matters, but elected civilians should at the same time present themselves as the guardians of the security and military profession and position of their people in the society. It is necessary to first make strategic decisions and then shape criteria for downsizing in order to ensure the best people for future military needs remain within the ranks. Our society, politics, and science failed to address this issue convincingly which, perhaps, also shows some predetermined cultural prejudices leaving all these issues to be resolved more convincingly some time in the future.

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