Military Employment In Subsidiary Missions From The Perspective Of Disruptive Events

Abstract

Crises, emergencies, disasters, and other events that disrupt normal conditions produce social, economic, environmental, and health impacts and are classified as crises when they require exceptional measures in response to institutional or operational breakdowns. From the perspective of risk metaphors, such events are distinguished according to their predictability, visibility, and generative mechanisms. In this context, this article examines the employment of the Armed Forces in missions subsidiary to national defense, with emphasis on civil crises arising from disasters, by classifying the nature of these events in light of Disruptive Events Theory. The results indicate that framing events within the logics of the Black Swan, Pink Flamingo, and Dragon King operationalizes Disruptive Events Theory as an applied instrument to support decisions on the proportional employment of means according to the specific characteristics of each crisis.