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Synthesis: military superiority is necessary but not sufficient. The decisive variables are political objective, public endurance, legitimacy, and the enemy’s capacity to adapt. Nations lose wars in politics, not in battle.
#Strategy #Geopolitics #MilitaryHistory #WarStudies #Clausewitz

Headlines Africa Mar 10

Africa: The Chessboard of Contest - Africa in the Age of Multipolarity: [Independent (Kampala)] War, we know, is rarely the product of a single cause. More often, it is born of a convergence of political, economic, social, and ideological pressures. At its core, every war is an expression of what scholars call geopolitical contestation. It is a struggle among nations for influence, security, and advantage… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRPzmW #Africa #Geopolitics #Multipolarity #WarStudies #PoliticalScience

The Internet is Crack Dec 17

When Control Is Lost, What Should a System Be Allowed to Do?

Dr. Ryan Jenkins discusses how denied communication environments are driving the development of autonomous weapons and the ethical trade-offs involved.

This week we explore AI ethics in warfare and autonomous vehicles, focusing on responsibility, control, and what should never be delegated to machines.

Listen to the full episode here: https://youtu.be/O8rEc32gke4

#AIethics #Autonomy #ResponsibleAI #WarStudies #Podcast

Erwan Le Gall Aug 29, 2023

"Une histoire de l'antimilitarisme en France du XIXe siècle à nos jours" sous la direction d'E. Fournier et A.D-Houte. Un volume publié aux Editions de la Sorbonne et qui trouvera sa place dans maintes bibliographie mais qui peine à me convaincre du fait d'une approche conceptuelle trop brouillonne. #recension à lire sur #ArBrezel #Histoire #WarStudies #Antimilitarisme #Armee #Guerre
https://arbrezel.hypotheses.org/10843

La sensibilité militaire pour saisir l’antimilitarisme

Riche d’une cinquantaine de contributions, cet ouvrage collectif coordonné par É. Fournier et A.-D. Houte entend faire le tour d’une question assez délaissée par l’historiographie : l’antimilitarisme. Pari ambitieux et qui, à n’en pas douter, trouvera sa place dans maintes bibliographies mais si, pour être parfaitement honnête, il peine à complètement convaincre du fait d’une approche conceptuelle sans doute trop brouillonne.

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aegilops Feb 17, 2023

@daum3ns I'm not trying to say that you *should* end a war with weapons.

There is a subset of War Studies, War Termination, that looks at how wars end, which I discovered after reading your post.

Wars often end through demonstrations of force in battle that lead to negotiations or outright surrender - and that can come through more weapons.

Increasingly there are attempts to reach a negotiated peace without that - but they require both sides to have good faith.

#WarStudies #WarTermination

RA'in Diercks Jan 24, 2023

Ihr kennt sicher alle @[email protected] @[email protected] und @[email protected]. Vielleicht kennt ihr aber noch nicht @[email protected] und @[email protected]? Wenn nicht, dann folgen. Viele kluge Gedanken, knackige Threads und... *Trommelwirbel... GIFs! Also, los. #SiPo #StratStudies #WarStudies #IR

Military Strategy Magazine Sep 20, 2022

An excellent article for beginners, veterans, or anyone even remotely interested in #strategy.
@Doctrine_Man @WWATMD @NPS_Monterey @USArmy @idfonline @KingsStrategy @KingsCDS @warstudies @WarStudiesHull #Theory #militarystrategy #warstudies #RT
https://www.militarystrategymagazine.com/article/on-efficacy-a-beginners-guide-to-strategic-theory/

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/milstrategy/status/1572208200623222784

On Efficacy: A Beginner’s Guide to Strategic Theory - Military Strategy Magazine

Strategy is a popular but frequently misunderstood and mis-used term. When broken down to its fundamental however, the term strategy is all about the attempt to be effective. What this entails in practice is more complicated than it sounds. The principles of strategic theory can, though, help us reach some provisional conclusions about what it means to be efficacious.

Military Strategy Magazine

Military Strategy Magazine Mar 6, 2021

Excellent post by @WarintheFuture Thanks for the heads up on this book. Looking fwd to reading it.

#warstudies #war #strategy #society #PME #BookoftheWeek #rt @Doctrine_Man @trclausewitz @kbenson355

https://twitter.com/WarintheFuture/status/1368282771819487235

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