POLSCI 2I03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Carl Von Clausewitz, Gulf War, Al-Qaeda
Document Summary
Islamic state of iraq and the levant isil or isis. Islamic state isl = terrorist organization that claims legitimacy as a state has control over. Security and terrorism several regions of the conflicted areas of syria and iraq borderlines govern as a state. Strategic thinking a distinction between strategic thinking and tactical thinking focusing on how to apply principles of power to create wars. Tactics short term decisions made in particular times on the battle field. Strategy long term issue bigger picture how to fight multiple battles and where picking the battles which to pursue and which to avoid. ** (good tactics help bring the battle and strategies win the wars)** Carl von clausewitz argued that war is the continuation of politics by other means or policy with other means. Liberal neoliberals put in institutions for collective security by alliances to guard against and make it unnecessary to solve it in another way.