HIS103Y1 Lecture : 1 Statecraft and Strategy.docx
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State purpose to fight for its own survival and to maintain the political identity. Technology change = cyberspace, air force = protect the air. Interest = long term well-being of the state. Plan for the future to make its own foreign policy. Diplomacy negotiations over common interest or conflict. Deterrence - if the other state does this, make consequences outweighs benefits. Best solution = diplomacy - less finances and costs of destruction. Last action a state can reserve to - apply full military forcewar. War can never be guaranteed that the sought after results will be given. No matter how much you dominate i. e. us vs iraq. Us = dominant but did not achieve the goals and the war and still on entire middle east vs us. If you have the wrong strategy, you will end up a failureyou can never guarantee a war 100%
