Military Labour, Neoliberal Securitisation, and the Reconstruction of Peace in Contemporary Geopolitics

Abstract

This article examines how military labour operates within contemporary neoliberal security regimes and how these conditions affect the reconstruction of peace. Existing studies of militarisation and securitisation have paid limited attention to the mimetic mechanisms through which security narratives reproduce militarised social relations. The study employs a qualitative interpretive methodology combining conceptual analysis, comparative textual interpretation, and critical examination of historical and contemporary sources. Classical accounts of mimesis in Plato, Aristotle, and Bergson are analysed alongside contemporary discussions of neoliberal governance, alliance politics, burden-sharing, and technological securitisation. The findings suggest that, within many neoliberal contexts, military labour extends beyond conventional warfare into broader systems of political and economic securitisation. Security narratives normalise permanent crisis management, reinforce asymmetrical power relations, and weaken the political conditions necessary for peace.This article examines how military labour operates within contemporary neoliberal security regimes and how these conditions affect the reconstruction of peace. Existing studies of militarisation and securitisation have paid limited attention to the mimetic mechanisms through which security narratives reproduce militarised social relations. The study employs a qualitative interpretive methodology combining conceptual analysis, comparative textual interpretation, and critical examination of historical and contemporary sources. Classical accounts of mimesis in Plato, Aristotle, and Bergson are analysed alongside contemporary discussions of neoliberal governance, alliance politics, burden-sharing, and technological securitisation. The findings suggest that, within many neoliberal contexts, military labour extends beyond conventional warfare into broader systems of political and economic securitisation. Security narratives normalise permanent crisis management, reinforce asymmetrical power relations, and weaken the political conditions necessary for peace.