Strategic Culture and Weapons of Mass Destruction: Culturally Based Insights into Comparative National Security Policymaking (Initiatives in Strategic Studies: Issues and Policies)

Interest in reviving strategic culture as a field of study results from the inadequacy of traditional analytical approaches and calls to develop a new framework to guide policymaking in the post-9/11 security environment. The book considers 10 case studies of WMD decision-making, profiling culture in terms of geography, shared narratives, group relationships, threat perception, ideology, religion, economics, leadership style, and more. Strategic culture can help us more accurately evaluate intelligence regarding dangers emanating from other cultures and improve our strategic communications. A strategic cultural perspective makes us appreciate the requirements for promoting U.S. global responsibilities in a multi-cultural context, negotiate across cultures more effectively, and forecast the implications of cultural change for strategic planning purposes. Análise Comparativa Sobre Estratégia Militar, Segurança Nacional, Arma Nuclear Nos Seguintes Países: Estados Unidos, Rússia, Israel, Índia, Irã, Síria, China, Coréia Do Norte, Afeganistão (al-qaeda). Comparative Analysis Of Military Strategy, National Security, And Nuclear Arms In The United States, Russia, Israel, India, Iran, Syria, China, North Korea, And Afghanistan (al-qaeda). Foreword / Beatrice Heuser -- Part I : Strategic Culture Today. Introduction -- Jeannie L. Johnson, Kerry Kartchner, And Jeffrey A. Larsen -- What Good Is Strategic Culture? / David G. Haglund -- Strategic Culture : From Clausewitz To Constructivism / Jeffrey S. Lantis -- Part Ii : Strategic Culture In Action : Explaining Wmd Decision Making. Strategic Culture And Wmd Decision Making / Kerry M. Kartchner -- U.s. Strategic And Organizational Subcultures / Thomas G. Mahnken -- Russian Strategic Culture In Flux : Back To The Future? / Fritz W. Ermarth -- Continuity And Change In Israel's Strategic Culture / Gregory F. Giles -- India's Strategic Culture And The Origins Of Omniscient Paternalism / Rodney W. Jones -- Iranian Strategic Culture And Its Persian Origins / Willis Stanley -- The Making Of Syria's Strategic Culture / Murhaf Jouejati -- A Dragon On Defense : Explaining China's Strategic Culture / Huiyun Feng -- North Korea And The Political Uses Of Strategic Culture / Joseph S. Bermudez, Jr. -- Does Al Qaeda Have A Strategic Culture? / Jerry Mark Long -- Part Iii : The Way Ahead. Out Of The Wilderness : Prime Time For Strategic Culture / Colin S. Gray -- Conclusion : Toward A Standard Methodological Approach / Jeannie L. Johnson -- Appendix : Recommended Readings. Edited By Jeannie L. Johnson, Kerry M. Kartchner, And Jeffrey A. Larsen. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Contents......Page 8 List of Figures......Page 10 Foreword......Page 12 Acknowledgments......Page 18 About the Contributors......Page 20 Part I: Strategic Culture Today......Page 22 1 Introduction......Page 24 2 What Good Is Strategic Culture?......Page 36 3 Strategic Culture: From Clausewitz to Constructivism......Page 54 Part II: Strategic Culture in Action: Explaining WMD Decision Making......Page 74 4 Strategic Culture and WMD Decision Making......Page 76 5 U.S. Strategic and Organizational Subcultures......Page 90 6 Russian Strategic Culture in Flux: Back to the Future?......Page 106 7 Continuity and Change in Israel's Strategic Culture......Page 118 8 India's Strategic Culture and the Origins of Omniscient Paternalism......Page 138 9 Iranian Strategic Culture and Its Persian Origins......Page 158 10 The Making of Syria's Strategic Culture......Page 178 11 A Dragon on Defense: Explaining China's Strategic Culture......Page 192 12 North Korea and the Political Uses of Strategic Culture......Page 210 13 Does Al Qaeda have a Strategic Culture?......Page 222 Part III: The Way Ahead......Page 240 14 Out of the Wilderness: Prime Time for Strategic Culture......Page 242 15 Conclusion: Toward a Standard Methodological Approach......Page 264 Appendix: Recommended Readings......Page 280 A......Page 288 B......Page 289 C......Page 290 D......Page 291 F......Page 292 H......Page 293 I......Page 294 J......Page 295 M......Page 296 N......Page 297 P......Page 299 R......Page 300 S......Page 301 U......Page 304 Y......Page 305 Z......Page 306 This book describes strategic culture and its value as a methodological approach to the study of International Relations. In particular, the book uses strategic culture to illuminate a number of case studies on countries that have made decisions regarding the acquisition, proliferation or use of weapons of mass destruction.