The article argues that recent executive overreach and politicization have severely undermined established norms of U.S. civil-military relations. To restore professional standards, the incoming Congress must actively exercise its oversight powers, moving beyond mere criticism to demanding transparency in defense policy and personnel decisions. Key reforms include enforcing meritocratic promotion processes, requiring documented justification for senior officer removals, and preventing the partisan use of the military. These actions are crucial for bolstering public trust and ensuring the military remains a nonpartisan instrument of civilian control.
Centering girls in practice: Ethics, methods, and shared power in research
English Summary
The publication argues that research aimed at advancing girls' rights must fundamentally shift from viewing girls as mere research participants to recognizing them as co-creators of knowledge and primary drivers of change. This requires adopting participatory methodologies that share power, ensuring girls define the problems and solutions based on their lived experiences. Crucially, the authors challenge traditional ethical frameworks, arguing that protection measures must actively promote, rather than restrict, girls' agency and ownership throughout the entire cycle of problem-solving. Policy and development strategies must therefore integrate these principles, making girls' voices integral from the initial definition of the problem through to the implementation of systemic change.
中文摘要
該出版物主張，旨在推動女孩權利的相關研究，必須根本性地從將女孩視為單純的研究參與者，轉變為將其視為知識的共同創造者和變革的主要驅動力。這要求採用共享權力的參與式方法論，確保女孩能夠根據其生活經驗來定義問題和解決方案。至關重要的是，作者挑戰了傳統的倫理框架，認為保護措施必須積極促進，而非限制女孩在整個問題解決週期中的能動性和主體性。因此，政策和發展策略必須整合這些原則，確保女孩的聲音從問題的初步定義到系統性變革的實施過程中，都具有不可或缺的地位。
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