Conclusions and Recommendations

The final chapter of this book is devoted to concluding the presentation of the process of the militarisation of behaviours. The militarisation of behaviours is used in most cases when state officials struggle with maintaining the integrity of the state, its economy, or its political system. It might be used in times of transition (during the pre-war, war, or post-war times) or during the overall weakness of the state or political leadership. It may also be employed when the same state officials might feel that they are losing their power. When, for whatever reason, the militarisation of behaviours is triggered, the state can have an array of options on how to effectively militarise the behaviours of its citizens. There are early indicators that nowadays also non-state actors are resorting to this process as a result of the social changes, digitalisation, and globalisation (by using the militarisation of information, disinformation, and digitally spread propaganda). Here, I also discuss some early signs that the militarisation of behaviours is possibly implemented and how that process is normalised. The intensity of the social processes can change over time, nonetheless, this might not necessarily mean that the state is abandoning its plans to militarise behaviours. Of importance is that people in most cases will try to oppose some of these attempts made by the state to subdue them.