The Challenge of the Sole Superpower in the Postmodern World Order

Abstract

To pursue and support its strategic goals and interests, the United States as the sole superpower will require a complete reordering of its assessment of the post Cold War strategic environment, which is now characterized by the postmodern condition. Recognizing the basic structure of postmodern thought that dominates much of global society and affects concepts of sovereignty, power, war, and peace is essential. Some states and nonstates have already employed a strategic approach that exploits the postmodern condition. Strategists and strategic leaders must now identify the contours of the postmodernist strategic environment to develop a strategic design that allows the superpower to pursue its interests and fulfill its role of order and balance by employing the very skills and precepts that the postmodernists have rejected.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 06, 2018
Accession Number
AD1068697

Entities

People

  • Keith D. Dickson

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cold War
  • Commercial Aircraft
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Human Rights
  • Information Systems
  • International Law
  • Media
  • Military Capabilities
  • National Security
  • Networks
  • Political Systems
  • Professional Development
  • Psychology
  • Recreation
  • Societies
  • United States

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Systems Analysis and Design