For students of Strategic Studies in small countries with limited financial, human and military resources, the available literature on Strategic Studies, in particular texts that seek to explain the key concepts and components of Strategic Studies, can be very alien in its focus to the strategic conditions and issues that these countries face.This book contains a collection of essays that seeks to discuss key concepts in Strategic Studies, as well as contemporary challenges in strategy and defence policy, from the perspective of small states. It is based on the idea — derived from the German philosopher of war, Carl von Clausewitz — that there is a distinction between logic and grammar: while the field of Strategic Studies contains a number of key concepts (such as geopolitics and geostrategy, strategic culture, arms dynamics and the phenomenon of military modernization) that are universal in logic, the grammar (that is, the specific manifestations of these concepts) in the contexts of small states is necessarily different from larger, more materially endowed, states.
Contents:
- Preface
- About the Editor
- About the Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Towards a Strategic Studies for Small States (Bernard F W Loo)
- Geopolitics, Geostrategy, and Defence Policy (Bernard F W Loo)
- Strategic Culture and Strategy (Bernard F W Loo)
- Singapore's Military History 2.0 (Weichong Ong)
- Military Modernization in the 21st Century Problems and Prospects for Small Military Organizations (Bernard F W Loo)
- The Changing Character of War in the 21st Century Challenges for Strategic Planning (Bernard F W Loo)
- Military Engagement in Disaster Response Policies, Interests and Issues (Alistair D B Cook)
- Peace Operations and Military Organizations Between Internationalism and Statism (Hikaru Yamashita)
- Index
Readership: This book will serve as the core text for the Master of Science (Strategic Studies) degree programme at the Rajaratnam School of International Studies, as well as the Command and Staff Course at the Goh Keng Swee Command and Staff College in the Singapore Armed Forces.
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