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The EU Global Strategy and Defence [Recurso electrónico] PDF : The Challenge of Thinking Strategically about Means

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Security Policy Brief ; - . -- No. 78 (June 2016)Publication details: Royal Institute for International Relations (EGMONT) October 2016 Rue des Petits Carmes, 24 A, 1000 Brussels, BelgiumDescription: Recurso online, 3 pSubject(s): Online resources: Summary: Since strategy is about connecting ends, ways and means, the means constrain the ends. It would be unrealistic to set objectives for which the means are unavailable or cannot be acquired in time. But it would be equally unrealistic to underestimate the available means. To wilfully ignore one’s potential is to handicap one’s strategy from the outset.
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Since strategy is about connecting ends, ways and means, the means constrain the ends. It would be unrealistic to set objectives for which the means are unavailable or cannot be acquired in time.
But it would be equally unrealistic to underestimate the available means. To wilfully ignore one’s potential is to handicap one’s strategy from the outset.

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