Military Responses to Covid-19: Emerging Trends in Civil/Military Engagements
Channel: War Studies KCL
Date: 23/03/2021

Fawzia discusses her article, which situates military engagements in health-related activities at the domestic level, amid issues of continuity, change and resistance in contemporary redefinitions of military health roles.

Fawzia identifies three emerging trends within national military responses to Covid-19:

• Minimal technical military support.
• Blended civil-military responses.
• Military-led responses.
• The dynamics which underpin each type of military involvement follow context-specific military political legacies

Speakers include:

• Speaker: Fawzia Gibson-Fall, Doctoral Candidate, Queen Mary University
• Discussant: Gemma Bowsher, Doctoral Candidate, King's College London
• Chair: Hassan Elbahtimy, Senior Lecturer, King's College London