Military and Strategic Journal
Issued by the Directorate of Morale Guidance at the General Command of the Armed Forces
United Arab Emirates
Founded in August 1971

Articles

Implementing Strategy: Focusing on the Objective

Strategic Perspectives By: Dr. John R.Ballard Dean of National Defence College     Today our region is facing multiple strategic challenges. Strategic leaders must have not only an understanding of the tools of national power and the ways they may

“Implementing Strategy: Balancing Power”

Strategic Perspectives By: Dr. John R.Ballard Dean of National Defence College Strategic leaders understand that strategy is difficult. Effectively using diplomacy, military capabilities, economic power and information at the national level requires deft orchestration and artful balance. Though

“Implementing Strategy: National Information Power”

Strategic Perspectives By: Dr. John R.Ballard Dean of National Defence College   Strategic leaders need an in-depth understanding of the tools of national power and the ways they may be used to implement policies.  Implementation at the national level

Implementing Strategy: the Human Security Approach

Strategic Perspectives By: Dr. John R.Ballard Dean of National Defence College Strategic leaders need an understanding of the realities of national power and the best ways to implement strategies and policies. Some of the key elements of global

“Implementing Strategy: Strategic Leadership”

Strategic Perspectives   By: Dr. John R.Ballard Dean of National Defence College   Even the best strategy can fail without effective leadership. An understanding of the tools of national power and the ways they may be used to implement strategies

Strategic Perspectives “Implementing Strategy: Uncertainty during Conflict”

Strategic Perspectives   By: Dr. John R.Ballard Dean of National Defence College   National leaders need to understand the tools of state power and the ways they should be used to implement strategies, including the challenges of executing strategy during

Implementing Strategy: Foreign Aid

Strategic Perspectives   By: Dr. John R.Ballard Dean of National Defence College   Strategic leaders need an understanding of the tools of national power and the ways they may be used to implement strategies and policies.  The use of diplomacy,

Implementing Strategy: Elements of National Power

Strategic Perspectives   By: Dr. John R.Ballard Dean of National Defence College Strategies are useless without effective implementation, so strategic leaders need an understanding of the tools of national power and the ways they may be used to implement

“Envisioning the Future: Evolving Regional Power Structures”

Strategic Perspectives   By: Dr. John R.Ballard Dean of National Defence College   Developing a future vision is one of the fundamental tasks of every strategic leader. Crafting such a vision requires an understanding of future geopolitical circumstances and selection

“Envisioning the Future: the Character of War”

Strategic Perspectives   By: Dr. John R.Ballard Dean of National Defence College One of the fundamental roles of every strategic leader is to develop a future vision. Crafting such a vision requires leaders to imagine the future geopolitical circumstances

“Envisioning the Future: Unipolarity or Multipolarity?”

Strategic Perspectives   By: Dr. John R.Ballard Dean of National Defence College   One of the fundamental roles of a strategic leader is to refine and fulfill the future vision for the state. One fundamental aspect of such a vision

“International Governmental Organizations – Powerbrokers of the 21st Century”

Strategic Perspectives   By: Dr. John R.Ballard Dean of National Defence College   Today’s global strategic landscape includes more than nations; International Governmental Organizations (IGOs) – groups composed of sovereign states – are assuming a critical role on the world

“Military Training and Education” Building Capacity for Modernization and Uncertainty

Strategic Perspectives   By: Dr. John R.Ballard Dean of National Defence College   Military training and education improve the capabilities of military personnel in their respective roles and responsibilities. Due to the high degree of readiness required in the military,

“A Slow Strategic Current –Demography and National Power”

Strategic Perspectives   By: Dr. John R.Ballard Dean of National Defence College   IbnKhaldūn, Niccolò Machiavelli and other Realist theorists propose that Thucydides’ Melian Dialogue—that the strong do what they will; the weak suffer what they must —illustrates a fundamental

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