To treat our own time period as though it is somehow exceptional feels intellectually and morally wrong. Do we need a new lexicon or do we already have the right words that we are misapplying? For a quarter century, a popular term to describe the modern strategic environment has been “VUCA,” an acronym meaning “Volatile, […]
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COMPLECTE ABYSSUM: NEW TRICK FOR OLD DOG OF DETERRENCE
Traditional deterrence is transparent, certain, and rational. … The new approach to deterrence … embraces the chaos. The world is in chaos. Many ignore it; others seek to tame it in these volatile and uncertain times. We face complex, ambiguous situations and yet Chaos Theory encourages us to acknowledge the bedlam; to accept what we […]