The Discourse on the Formation of Permanent Compulsory Initial Military Service in Lithuania
Journal: Regional Formation and Development Studies
Year: 2024

In liberal democracies, the aim of the national armed forces is to protect the freedom and security of society as a whole by political and military means, which leads to the rejection of compulsory military service as an obligatory form of self-defence. However, in the context of shifting geopolitical stability, the subject of compulsory military service is growing in importance in the political discourse. The present paper analyses the political discourse on the formation of permanent compulsor