CONCEPTUAL INSIGHTS OF STRATEGIC SHOCK AND STRATEGIC SURPRISE
CONCEPTUAL INSIGHTS OF STRATEGIC SHOCK AND STRATEGIC SURPRISE
Author(s): Stan AntonSubject(s): Security and defense, Military policy, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Carol I National Defence University Publishing House
Keywords: strategic shock; strategic surprise; military strategies; defence; security; impact; probability;
Summary/Abstract: Strategic shocks rock the usual conventions in such a way that require the affected institutions to fundamentally reorient their strategies, missions, investment policies, etc., by definition, strategic shock being unexpected and unpredictable. “Shock” and “surprise” are not synonymous, although, semantically, they have similar connotations. Shocks are distinct from other unexpected events of strategic importance because they are not expected and are represented inadequate in security and military strategies, their occurrence triggering a strategic and major disorganization, fundamental to the functioning and viability of a system of national defence and security.
Journal: Strategic Impact
- Issue Year: 2013
- Issue No: 46
- Page Range: 58-67
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English