Journal Article10.55540/0031-1723.3276
Strategy as Problem-Solving
Andrew Carr
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TL;DR: This article redefines strategy as problem-solving, challenging traditional approaches by emphasizing diagnosis of complex problems, and provides a new logic for strategy, along with practical tools and pedagogies for military strategists to address 21st-century challenges.
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Abstract: This article proposes a new definition of strategy as problem-solving that challenges the focus on goals and assumptions of order within many post–Cold War approaches to strategy. It argues that the military needs strategy to diagnose the complex problems of the twenty-first century before they can be solved. Inspired by practitioners such as Andrew Marshall and George F. Kennan, this new definition clarifies what strategists do and offers a logic for distinguishing the use of the term strategy. Practitioners will also find problem-solving tools and pedagogies they can adopt today.
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