Advice to Policy Makers Who Would Tackle Syria: The Problem with Problem Solving

Abstract

While there is not much consensus on the specific way forward in Syria, there is one thing most do agree on; Syria is complex. It is complex in the familiar use of that term: complicated, intricate, and hard to understand. But it is also complex in the technical sense: an interrelated system of diverse components that interact with each other and their environment in ways that are dynamic and difficult to predict.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2014
Accession Number
AD1042476

Entities

People

  • Karen Grattan
  • Robert Ricigliano

Organizations

  • University of Wisconsin–Madison

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Communities
  • Complex Systems
  • Dynamics
  • Environment
  • Governments
  • Group Dynamics
  • Health
  • Human Rights
  • Organizational Structure
  • Public Health
  • Security
  • Societies
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • Three Dimensional
  • Violence

Readers

  • International Relations and Conflict Resolution
  • Systems Analysis and Design