- Bahá'ís and Military Service, by National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. (1965-06) Brief discussion on how Bahá'ís may or may not serve in the armed forces.
- Colonialism, Nationalism and Jewish Immigration to Palestine: Abdu'l-Baha's Viewpoints Regarding the Middle East, by Kamran Ekbal. (2014) Abdu'l-Bahá was opposed to the cultural and political colonialism of foreign powers and their militaries. In spite of the Bahá'í principle of abstaining from politics, exceptions can be made in the face of tyranny and injustice.
- Declaración de la Comunidad Internacional Bahá'í ante la Conferencia Internacional de las Naciones Unidas sobre la Relación Entre el Desarme y el Desarrollo, by Bahá'í International Community. (1987-08/1987-09) El Año Internacional de la Mujer. Nueva York, Nueva York, 24 de agosto-11 de septiembre de 1987
- Desarme y la Paz, El, by Bahá'í International Community. (1985-02)
- Information for Bahá'ís called to fill out the Questionnaire on military duty under the Draft Act 1940, by National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. (1940-09-17) Summary of grounds for seeking exemption from combatant duty.
- Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-1986: Third Epoch of the Formative Age, by Universal House of Justice. Geoffrey W. Marks, comp. (1996)
- Police Forces Bearing Arms, Bahá'í Enlistment in, by Universal House of Justice. (1995-12) Two letters from the House on joining armed police forces, e.g. the Ulster Defence Regiment and the police force in Northern Ireland, and whether they would be allowed to bear arms. Also discussion of consummating marriage, and marrying an atheist.
- Rise of the Terrorism and Secessionism in South Asia: A Baha'i Viewpoint, by Ali K. Merchant. (2000) A short article about causes of terrorism, its history in India, understanding the terrorist mindset, and some Bahá'í solutions.
- Self-Defense, Guidance on, by Universal House of Justice. Geoffrey W. Marks, comp. (1996) Whether Bahá'ís may practice self-defense in times of danger, and whether American Bahá'ís should purchase firearms.
- Star Wars or World Peace, by Dan Q. Posin. (1986) How a "missile defense system" might work and ways in which it would not, ramifications for achieving global peace, and discussion by Robert Bowman, the first director of the Star Wars program. No mention of the Bahá'í Faith.
- War, Governance, and Conscience in This Age of Transition, by National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. (1969-06) A whitepaper on issues of Bahá'í involvement in the military services.
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