Not your Father’s Draft: Critiques of Progressive Conscription
By Amanda Cawston
“Regementets Dag 2014” Håkan Dahlström. Used under: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
In March 2017, the Swedish government voted to reinstate compulsory military service, or conscription. After suspending the program in 2010, dwindling recruitment combined with a perceived increase in regional threats to security has led the country to reimpose mandatory service.