It’s very hard indeed to think of a single thinker or writer who looms as large over their chosen field of study as Carl von Clausewitz. Clausewitz, on the odd chance you haven’t heard of him in this ...

Carl von Clausewitz is known today as the West’s most influential military thinker. His seminal treatise On War lies at the heart of modern military doctrine. One recent article even compared its ...

The debate about the civil–military divide remains a constant topic within our post-modern society. The arguments usually circle around how to help civilian leaders understand military culture, ...

In his classic text “On War,” the great philosopher of war Carl von Clausewitz introduced the concept of the “center of gravity.” The center of gravity in war is “the hub of all power and movement, on ...

PREPARATION is an art, not a science, which makes planning for the future of a business more complicated. Strategic business planning went out of favour in the 1980s and 1990s because it got bogged ...

Editor’s note: This is the first in a three-part series. There are consequences to prioritizing utility, as Brooks recognized in her 2004 law review article. The application of anachronistic legal ...

LAST month we asked our readers to suggest a name for our new blog, covering defence, security and diplomacy. The very first suggestion, from a user called Tzimisces, also proved to be clear favourite ...

How Carl von Clausewitz and Rupert Smith are both at play in Kashmir. First, Ayesha points out that India’s force structure has no real utility to address the unique characteristics of a people ...

To secure groceries is to prepare for war. Many intelligence reports on obtaining foodstuffs are contradictory; even more are untrue, and most are illogical. If one is to venture unscathed from the ...