Conscription is the state-mandated enlistment of people in a national service, mainly a military service. Conscription dates back to antiquity and it continues...

As of April 2024, there is no active military conscription in Canada. Conscription was implemented in Canada only during World War I and World War II for...

Conscription in Australia, also known as National Service following the Second World War, has a controversial history which dates back to the implementation...

as a chosen job (volunteer) or as a result of an involuntary draft (conscription). Some nations, such as Israel, require a specific amount of military...

In the United States of America, military conscription, commonly known as the draft, has been employed by the U.S. federal government in six conflicts:...

Conscription in Russia (Russian: всеобщая воинская обязанность, romanized: vseobshchaya voinskaya obyazannost, translated as "universal military obligation"...

Conscription in South Korea has existed since 1957 and requires male citizens between the ages of 18 and 35 to perform compulsory military service. Women...

enacted in China since 1949. According to The World Factbook, "the PLA’s conscription system functions as a levy; the PLA establishes the number of enlistees...

The Conscription Crisis of 1944 was a political and military crisis following the introduction of forced military service for men in Canada during World...

Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), maintains an active conscription system in accordance with the regulations set by the government of the...