Taking The Guesswork Out of Strategy
Abstract
Formulating strategy at the strategic level requires a comprehensive approach that identifies key strategic factors essential to success. History has shown how a lesser disciplined approach becomes overwhelmed and leads to faulty strategy. An appraisal process and more specifically, Dr. Harry Yarger's Strategic Appraisal Process, provides a framework that effectively distills from the strategic environment, the key strategic factors guiding strategy among nation states. The Strategic Appraisal Process is the framework applied against U.S.-African strategic relations to guide the national security professional through its implementation and provides valuable U.S. policy and strategy formulation insights. The analysis concludes with recommendations affecting the U.S. regional interests in Africa encompassing: China's growing influence in Africa, the valiant effort to prevent piracy along the African coasts, empowering and holding accountable young democracies in Sub-Saharan Africa, developing a shared responsibility of eradicating violent extremism, and the effects of funding HIV/AIDS in Africa.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 18, 2011
- Accession Number
- ADA545613
Entities
People
- Clarence W. Lukes Jr.
Organizations
- National Defense University