Civilian control of the military in communist states
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Civilian control of the military in
Party-run
In the party-run model, the military is entirely run through the organ on military affairs of the central committee of the communist party. This was the case in China from 1975 to 1983, when there existed no state counterpart to the Central Military Commission of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).[1] Since 1982, under the principle of "one institution with two names", a state counterpart with an identical name, personnel and organisation has existed alongside its party counterpart.[2] The party's authority is stated in law, Article 19 of the "Law of the People's Republic of China on National Defence" states, "The armed forces of the People’s Republic of China is subject to the leadership of the Communist Party of China."[3]
State-run
In the state-run model, the highest organ on military affairs is an organ of the
Hybrid
In the hybrid model, both the state and the party have organs on military affairs. This model is practised in Vietnam, in which the
Examples
People's Republic of China
- Central Military Commission of the Chinese Communist Party (party)
- Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China (state counterpart)
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea (party)
- National Defence Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (state counterpart)
Socialist Republic of Vietnam
- Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of Vietnam (party)
- Council for National Defense and Security (Vietnam)(state counterpart)
References
Articles
- "Lãnh đạo, quản lý quốc phòng" [Defense leadership and management] (in Vietnamese). Ministry of Defence of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Archived from the original on 28 September 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
Books
- Fu, Zhengyuan (1993). Autocratic tradition and Chinese politics. ISBN 9780521442282.
- Li, Cheng (2016). Chinese Politics in the Xi Jinping Era: Reassessing Collective Leadership. JSTOR 10.7864/j.ctt15hvr7t.
- Han, Zhai (2021). The Constitutional Identity of Contemporary China: The Unitary System and Its Internal Logic. ISBN 9789004388147.
Journals
- Karlsson, Håkan (1988). "The Defense Council of the USSR". JSTOR 45084370.
- Lowsen, Ben (26 February 2021). "China's Updated National Defense Law: Going for Broke" (PDF). China Brief. 21 (4): 6–12. Archived(PDF) from the original on 6 January 2024. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
Footnotes
- ^ Fu 1993, p. 194; Han 2021, pp. 46–47.
- ^ Li 2016, pp. 46–47.
- ^ Lowsen 2021, pp. 6–7.
- ^ Karlsson 1988, pp. 69–70.
- ^ Ministry of Defence 2024.