The Relationship: More Threats – More Militarization - and Less Democratic Control Is Rather Absent in Denmark
The three terms: Threat, Militarization, and Democratic Control refers to the role of the Armed Forces in a society facing threats. This equation argues that an increase in threats causes more hard (violence through operations) and soft (verbal statements, re-organization) militarization, which again leads to less efficient democratic control of the military. In Denmark, this relationship is far from the case. Danish politicians have emptied the military professions its normal prerogatives of defining the threat, deciding how to handle it, and developing a relevant organizational structure to do so. However, the equation does exist for Denmark when it comes to cyber threats, stop for illegal migration at the border and national counterterror initiatives. In general, the equation is valid due to the broad and proactive content of the word “threat”.
