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Journal of Military and Strategic Studies
Journal of Military and Strategic Studies
Ontological-Cultural Asymmetry and the Relevance of Grand Strategies
By Joseph Henrotin and Tanguy Struye de Swielande
Abstract
For a few years, we have heard a lot about asymmetric warfare. Most of the time, the question of asymmetry is however reduced to the instrumental aspect of the problem. If you really want to understand the complexity of asymmetry you need to dig further. The purpose of the article is to understand some other characteristics of asymmetry, namely the ontological, cultural, moral facets of asymmetry. These are the forgotten dimensions of asymmetry in the public debate. Therefore we must recognize asymmetry as a general strategy that needs to be counterbalanced by a grand/integral strategy.