Civilian control and casualty sensitivity in a pacifist democracy: Evidence from Japan's 2021 exigent evacuation mission*
Conflict Management and Peace Science
Published online on June 18, 2026
Abstract
Conflict Management and Peace Science, Ahead of Print.
How do citizens in pacifist democracies respond to military operations under exigency conditions? We examine this question based on a preregistered, real-time survey experiment we fielded in Japan during the August 2021 Self-Defense Forces (SDF) ...
How do citizens in pacifist democracies respond to military operations under exigency conditions? We examine this question based on a preregistered, real-time survey experiment we fielded in Japan during the August 2021 Self-Defense Forces (SDF) ...