One of the key aspects of a long-term strategy is effective examination and determination of objectives. This is the role of the organization waystation in the strategic framework and is essential for successful implementation of multiple operations in attaining manifestation of will. [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsBp33vOZJc[/embedyt] But what are objectives? They are, first and foremost, a discussion […]
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Doctrine is an amorphous concept that the military uses to create unity through conceptual continuity. This contradiction is often a basis for strategic failure. So, what is doctrine, and why is it important? [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWWVYcLICx8&width=474&height=266&cc_load_policy=1[/embedyt] Here Dr. D. Light dissects the concept of doctrine and demonstrates how the theological model is of use in understanding
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Operations and Tactics are often misunderstood. What are their roles in the strategic process and how can dividing strategy into two stages help in better implementation and manifestation of an ideational hierarchy. [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hue5qJv8M3o&width=474&height=266&autoplay=0[/embedyt] This division of strategy into operations and tactics helps explain the role of resources in strategy. It places the examination and discussion
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Dr. D. Light finally and slowly moves away from ideation into the strategic phase of the power process. He tiptoes towards a definition of strategy and dips his toe into an explanation about the purpose of strategy in the power process. The basis for this discussion lies in the decision at the end of the ideational process
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The ebb and flow of history does not revolve solely around the material power of states. Nor is it exclusively the purview of institutions. And it is not based entirely on identity or anarchy. Instead it is about ideas and how those ideas are translated into actions. From the rise and fall of empires and
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Ideas as the motivation for International Action Abstract Paper presented at IAIS 2011 conference This paper discusses the role of ideas in political theory and practice. Politics has often been delineated by the research perspective taken, realist, liberal, constructivist, rational choice, etc. While each of these tries to differentiate itself from the other by examining
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