Thucydides vs. Processor: Why is Strategic Thinking Significant in the 21st Century as Well Cover Image

Tukididom protiv procesora: zašto je strateško mišljenje važno i u 21. veku
Thucydides vs. Processor: Why is Strategic Thinking Significant in the 21st Century as Well

Author(s): Dragan R. Simić, Dragan Živojinović
Subject(s): Recent History (1900 till today), International relations/trade, Policy, planning, forecast and speculation
Published by: Fakultet političkih nauka Univerziteta u Beogradu
Keywords: Strategy; Strategic thinking; United States; George Frost Kennan; Strategy of Containment;

Summary/Abstract: This paper examines the significance of strategic thinking in a world in which the inflation of events and the surplus of information makes this thinking harder. It consists of three parts: in the first one the authors reflect on the crisis of strategic thinking in the international relations after the Cold War; the second part uses the example of George Frost Kennan and the way he had developed the strategy of containment towards the Soviet Union, to point at the importance of reading the classic authors of strategic thinking for the development of new strategies and policies. The third part of the paper deals with the usefulness of the strategic thinking today.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 8
  • Page Range: 17-26
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Serbian