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15 July 2021

Re-Thinking the Strategic Approach to Asymmetrical Warfare

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Abstract:

The US military’s current orientation towards Asymmetric Warfare has been deleterious to military operations over the last few decades. The strategic emphasis towards developing and spending on reactive capabilities while ignoring the development of pro-active strategies has created unseen consequences that has hindered success and punished the US populace. The following examines the unseen consequences of this strategy and advocates for a reconsideration of asymmetric strategy based on understanding systemic tensions and Carl Menger’s conception of value as a means to navigate an asymmetric environment.

Riggs-2021-ReThinking the Strategic

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