Simplicity

Simplicity Before Complexity: Conceptualizing Long-Term Military Competitions

Simplicity Before Complexity: Conceptualizing Long-Term Military Competitions

Are U.S. goals vis-à-vis opposing powers tied to an identifiable definition of defeating an opponent? Do U.S. goals account for a clear relationship between ends and means, and the finite nature of both? If the answer to any of these questions is no, and if therefore the nature of the competition cannot be coherently explained, then competition has likely passed form reasonable idea to a meaningless buzzword.