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conscription

noun as in draft

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Defence spending in Germany tumbled after the end of the Cold War, while conscription was suspended in 2011.

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Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine sparked a debate about whether to restore mandatory conscription in those parts of Europe that have abolished it.

At the same time, Putin had also signed a law allowing conscription all year round, previously possible only during limited periods in autumn and spring.

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Hundreds of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jewish Israelis are taking part in a protest in Jerusalem against changes to a legal exemption for religious students from conscription in the military.

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Some ultra-Orthodox rabbis fear that conscription will make young people less religious, but others accept that those who do not study holy texts full-time can enlist.

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