Strategic Theory Research Articles

Theories of War and the African context: Whither strategic theory?

Theories of War and the African context: Whither strategic theory?

Jayapura Regency Government's Strategy in Flood Disaster Management in Sentani District

Sentani District in Jayapura Regency often faces floods that have a significant impact on people's lives, infrastructure, and the environment. High rainfall intensity, geographical conditions, and suboptimal spatial management are the main factors causing flooding in this region. The floods that occurred not only damaged people's homes, but also disrupted economic and social activities, and caused huge losses to the community and local government. The aim of this research is to analyze and formulate appropriate strategies to be used by the Jayapura Regency Government in managing flood disasters, especially in the Sentani District, in order to find out appropriate steps that can be implemented in resolving the problems of flood disasters that frequently occur. The research method used is descriptive qualitative through an inductive approach. Apart from that, the author's data sources are people, places, and documents, with data collection techniques using interviews, observation, and documentation. The theory used by researchers is strategic theory using SOAR analysis. This research produced 5 (five) strategies for flood management. By implementing the right strategy and good collaboration between stakeholders, it is hoped that it can reduce the risk and impact of flood disasters and increase community resilience in facing these disasters.

Navigating the Transition Tightrope: Challenges Posed by African Union Mission in Somalia Transition on Kenya’s National Security

This study examined Kenya's national security threats resulting from the withdrawal of the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) from the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). This was in light of previous Peace Support Operation Transitions (PSO) in Iraq and Afghanistan, where regional instability resulted from troop withdrawals. Therefore, it analysed the impact of PSO experiences on national security, aiming to identify potential threats to the national security of Troop-Contributing Countries (TCC) resulting from PSO involvement. The study was a descriptive survey design, and it adopted a mixed-methods approach. The sample size for the study was 400 respondents and 49 key informants. The survey was informed by functionalist theory and strategic theory. Kenyan border counties are predisposed to the security effects of the KDF transition from AMISOM. The study's findings indicated a complex security landscape; that is, weak Somali security forces, insufficient funding for the transition, a short time frame, and the likelihood of a resurgent Al-Shabaab all present significant threats to Kenya's national security. These issues are exacerbated by increased border security problems, such as smuggling and unresolved territorial conflicts. However, the studies indicated that Kenya could mitigate these risks. Influencing the Security Transition Plan (STP) to prioritise strong border security measures can strengthen Kenya's defences. Strengthening the Jubaland buffer zone and helping Somalia's disarmament, demobilisation, and reintegration (DDR) initiatives can help weaken terrorist organisations. Furthermore, efforts in Kenya's border counties' socioeconomic development can reduce the attraction to extreme ideas. Implementing comprehensive border security measures provides an additional avenue for improving overall security. According to the analysis, AMISOM's transition represents a complicated security tightrope walk for Kenya. To counteract the problem, Kenya must address the highlighted dangers while capitalising on existing opportunities. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) indicated an F statistic of 139.893 and a p value of 0.000<0.05, implying that the transition of the Kenyan contingent in the African Union mission in Somalia significantly predicts Kenya’s national security. The regression weights model showed that the transition of the Kenyan contingent in the African Union mission in Somalia had a negative and significant influence on Kenya’s national security (β = -0.368, P =.000<.05). Recommendations include actively shaping the STP, strengthening the Jubaland buffer zone, and stationing enough security personnel along the border. Promoting bilateral and multilateral engagement with Somalia is critical for resolving lingering concerns and maintaining regional stability. By taking these steps, Kenya can protect its national security throughout AMISOM's handover.

The strategic vision of the Directorate of Sports and Scout Activity in Education of Salah al-Din from the viewpoint of teachers and teachers of physical education

It will look for the strategic theory of the Directorate of Sports Activity and Kafawi in the Directorate of Education Salahuddin, in light of the variables of character (teachers, teachers) and geographical location, years of service.Seeking a range of philosophies (school, district, and district) and between (age groups).The researcher used the descriptive method - the survey method - in search of your school teachers and the school of physical education in the Directorate of Education Salah al-Din, the number (30) were selected sample size (10) sample sample exploratory experiment, and then another sample of (20) The main research, number (30).The researcher used the strategic viewfinder as a key tool for data collection. . . And after ascertaining that the property characteristics are met (honesty, consistency). . . The researchers applied the scale to the main sample. Using statistical pouch (spss), the data was processed and the results were presented.In the light of the results of the research, the researcher reached some conclusions that the Directorate of Sports Activity and Scouts in the Directorate General of Education Salahuddin, does not have a strategic vision from the point of view of teachers and teachers of physical education. The results did not indicate a difference in the opinion of the research sample in the strategic vision.

Analysis of Didi Dache and Kuaidi Dache Merger: Operational Strategies, Motivation, and SWOT Analysis

In recent years, the scale and number of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) between companies have been steadily increasing, with M&A becoming the primary choice for expanding their businesses. However, M&A between internet companies often involves many uncertainties. This paper first analyzes the operational strategies and merger motivations of Didi Chuxing and Kuaidi Dache (now DiDi and Dida respectively), and then applies the SWOT analysis method to analyze the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of this merger event. Finally, the paper summarizes the pros and cons of this merger event and provides recommendations. The research findings of this paper indicate that the merger motivations of this merger event mainly include reducing market competition pressure, achieving resource integration while expanding market share, and seeking more development opportunities. The SWOT analysis shows that the strengths lie in resource integration and internationalization, the weaknesses involve strategic risks, the opportunities can be harnessed through synergy effects, and the threats involve potential negative impacts of monopolies on the market. By formulating the correct strategic theories, enhancing core competitiveness, and effectively utilizing synergy effects, the success rate of corporate mergers and acquisitions can be improved, providing feasible ideas for M&A in China's ride-hailing industry.

Strategic knowledge bases in the context of discovering and creating business opportunities

Due to the level of interdisciplinarity and complexity, knowledge management processes in organizations need to be considered from different points of view. The key area of interest of the article is systemic processes of creating knowledge bases that take into account strategic events in organizations in the form of market opportunities. Thus, the article’s main purpose is to create two models of knowledge bases, the structure and types of which are directly related to the processes of opportunity management: their discovery and creation. For the main objective thus formulated, the researchers defined the following research questions: 1) What are the information needs for creating a strategic knowledge base model in the opportunity discovery process? 2) what is the information needed for creating a strategic knowledge base model in the opportunity creation process? 3) What are the benefits and utilitarian goals for the organization from the creation of strategic knowledge bases in the context of discovering and creating business opportunities?. The detailed objectives derive from analyzing the organization's interior models and environment. The methodology used in the article is a critical review of the literature, the method of deduction in the area of generating assumptions for discovery processes and creating opportunities in the context of creating knowledge models. The results will enable extracting the cognitive knowledge of strategic knowledge bases in the context of the organization's opportunities. Furthermore, this will result in research models detailing the organization's strategic activities in opportunities and knowledge management processes, along with the specification of the potential benefits of the processes carried out (utilitarian purpose). The research results will expand the understanding of the utilitarian nature of knowledge management processes and strategic theory.

Strategic Management Theories in Startups Assessment: A Multicriteria Fuzzy Decision-making Approach

Evaluating start-up companies is an important management process for technology business incubators and it is also a typical multi-criteria decision‐making (MCDM) problem. Venture capitalists consider a MCDM problem before investing in a new venture, and the order preference of these criteria helps them make effective and efficient decisions. In this paper, we use fuzzy logic with the analytic hierarchy process (FAHP) technique to measure the relative importance of the strategic theory variables in assessment of a startup. The results of the study show that venture capitalist investors consider internal resources to be the most important criteria in evaluation, followed by industry resources and network-based. Entrepreneurs' track record also has a strong significant influence on startup assessment. The suggested tools confirm that it is possible to diversify the risks of an investor through the allocation of resources between several projects, in accordance with the received vector of global priorities, and such information is of high value for the process of decision-making. Therefore, the proposed approach outranks the required strategic inputs and provides a foundation to incorporate other statistical techniques, such as ANP, machine learning, and deep learning, in evaluation and to validate the results for future research.

Security Dilemma Between USA and China: A Strategic Perception Approach

This paper approaches the "Security Dilemma" as the cornerstone of Realist school of thought strategic Theory. According to that, states are regularly trapped into competition escalations, due to the lack of a clear “opponent” strategy and operational decisions’ understanding. This situation, leads to political distrust, occurring economical rivalries and military conflicts. Subsequently, 21st century China’s commercial and military power rising, creates fear for the states in the East Asia region and the global naval powers, a situation that promotes a new world competition between USA and China.

Сучасні концепції нації-держави у призмі архетипної методології

The paper dwells on the nation-state’s future in the information age. The futuristic tour of the nation-state’s future leaves a wide field for reflection and research. It is time to create a qualitatively new postmodern concept of the nation as opposed to the traditional industrial-modern one, which will help the modern man not only to moderately distance himself from the globalization foundations of world life but also to create a kind of axio-resistant for the nation-state. The object of research is the entire sphere of national consciousness through the prism of the research of modern Western theoreticians of the nation in spectral analysis. The research subject is the sociological concept of the nation (D. Schnapper) and the political and legal concept of triad nationalism (R. Brubaker). The main idea is to find out the specifics of the theoretical load of the supramodern Western concepts of nation and nationalism, to analyze and compare the concepts of modern theorists of the nation with modern ones, to create a new strategic theory of the development of the nation-state in the information age, to prove the impossibility of the nation-state in changing conditions of the globalized 21st century. The author determines the cognitive value and intellectual load of the theoretical decline and praxeological aspects of modern scientific versions of the nation and nationalism and the heuristic potential that can give impetus to constructing a new theory of strategic development of the nation-state in the 21st century. The methodological orientations of the problem of the position of the national state in the era of global society are clarified in comparison with theoreticians of the concepts of global world life – M. McLuhan, N. Postman, M. Castells, and, based on this, the aspects of changing the functional load of the concept of the national state at the current stage are determined. Expressed mobility of nationology is determined.

CHARACTER OF WAR: HOW TO UNDERSTAND IT?

Strategic theory dictates that an understanding of a war’s character is imperative for the achievement of victory in strategic practice. This article identifies and analyses extant approaches to the understanding of war. These approaches include categorization, strategic analysis and historical comparison. A theoretical analysis accompanied by illustrative cases indicates that one can achieve the most in-depth understanding of a war’s character by combining strategic analysis and historical comparison, though the process of achieving such understanding is difficult and time-consuming.

STRATEGI KOMUNIKASI HUMAS DALAM MENINGKATKAN CITRA PERUSAHAAN PADA PT. NUTRIFOOD INDONESIA

With the strategy and resources owned by the company, a corporate communication strategy will help companies face the next decade. Corporate communications also help in following and positioning oneself at the forefront of any changes that may occur in the future through public relations or a public relations strategy. Because deciding on a convincing communication strategy is heavily influenced by the company's reputation. PT. Nutrifood Indonesia Medan is the object of research this time. Nutrifood Indonesia Medan has implemented an initiative aimed at turning negative public perceptions into positive ones, building a positive reputation for the future. Understanding the public relations strategy of Nutrifood Indonesia Pusat Medan is the main objective of this research. The theoretical framework of this research is the strategic theory of public relations and reputation building. Descriptive qualitative case studies, clearly outlined by the current research focus, constitute the research methodology used. Data is collected using primary sources, such as in-depth interviews and observations, and secondary sources, such as literature and documentation. The findings of this study indicate that PT. Public Relations of Nutrifood Indonesia Medan has implemented a PENSIL approach by using one of the signal strategies or both: 1. Publicity, 2. Event, 3. News, 4. Community, 5. Image, 6. Lobbying and Negotiation, 7. Social Responsibility.

Contextual Research of Strategic Theories for Non-financial Reporting: A System-Structural Approach to Formulating Reporting Principles

Contextual Research of Strategic Theories for Non-financial Reporting: A System-Structural Approach to Formulating Reporting Principles

THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF SOCIAL MANAGEMENT AS RESEARCH OBJECT

The paper is about the scientific category "social management". A number of derived theoretical and methodological problems regarding the essence of the category are formed. Differences between the interpretation of the general categories "management" and "managing" are given. Various definitions of the studied term are presented. The fact of terminological uncertainty and absence of a universal scientific approach to the interdisciplinary research object "social management" is noted, which is due to the polycomprehensiveness and certain uncertainty of the structural components. The author made an attempt to form a universal definition of the category "social management", which is based on a combination of two main aspects: management of social systems in combination with solving social problems. Various aspects of management of social systems (enterprises, organizations, collectives) and peculiarities of the researched category are presented. The general scientific principles and ideas formed by management classics: F. Taylor, H. Fayol, H. Emerson, are summarized. The role of the team as a kind of stabilizer in the process of enterprises and organizations functioning is analyzed, and various shortcomings in its evaluation are given. The fact of an integrated approach in forming methodological core, which synthesizes three interrelated paradigms: managerial, psychological, social and economic, is established. A number of specialized theories are singled out: the system theory of the firm, the theory of social action, and the theory of service state. Attention is focused on the methodology of the system theory of the firm, which is characterized by a certain fragmentation, different research subjects in the main areas: the processes of forming and implementing management decisions, the search for key factors of the firm's market success (strategic theory), concentration on the problems of the production sphere. A number of specific features of social management are given. It was concluded that modern management is primarily socially oriented.

Does IB need a strategic theory of the firm?

Does IB need a strategic theory of the firm?

The Indonesian Government's Plan for Protecting Territorial Integrity along the Sea Border with the Philippines

The Indonesian-Philippine maritime border in North Sulawesi has seen a number of issues with foreign ships, illegal inhabitants, Abu Sayyaf organisations, and the Islamic State (IS) terror network violating local laws governing land and water sovereignty. In this paper, the technique used by the Republic of Indonesian government to enforce the marine security law in Northern Sulawesi is explained. With a case study methodology, this study will employ the qualitative technique. By exploring a number of ideas, including strategic theory, territorial sovereignty, boundaries, law, security, and international relations, the research challenge will be solved. Huber man procedures are used to examine the data, which go through a variety of steps beginning with data collection via observation, interviewing, and document analysis. Following are the study's findings: First off, illicit arms and ammunition trade, human trafficking, illegal mining, illegal fishing, people smuggling, and the return of terrorists all pose challenges to the safety of the maritime environment in North Sulawesi. Additionally, it manifests itself as illegal immigration and flag-violating foreign ships. Second, this effort will assess how well the Indo-Malphi agreement, intelligence sharing, and coordinated actions have helped safeguard the sovereignty of the Indonesian-Philippine sea boundary. Thirdly, this essay will outline the Indonesian government's preventative, response, and recovery strategies for preserving the sovereignty of the sea boundary between Indonesia and the Philippines.

China’s Changing Perception of Japan: A 2022 Review of the “1972 System” Discourse and the “New Thinking on Japan” Debate

What is the structure of the political framework that defines the relationship between Japan and China? In the early 2000s, a little before the thirtieth-year anniversary of normalization of the bilateral relationship, experts from the two countries argued over the importance of issues regarding history in the framework of bilateral relations. By discussing the formation of the debate on the so-called “1972 system,” and its background and subsequent development, this article indicates that China’s argument is transforming from rational to more nationalistic. The two consistent features of China’s strategic theory toward Japan are (1) China shares with Japan an understanding of where the issues in Sino-Japanese relations lie; and (2) China differs in many respects from Japan in its political interpretation of the issues and seeks setbacks from Japan in a manner consistent with guiding domestic public opinion in China. This implies that Japan and China can potentially share a common understanding of the issues at stake, despite political friction on the surface.

Century Process and Historical Experience of Adapting Marxism to the Chinese Context

Marxism is the fundamental guiding ideology for building the party and the country. It is by no means a dogmatism, but an advanced strategic theory, which will develop with the development of practice. The reason why Marxism can take root, sprout and bear fruit in China is that the Communist Party of China (CPC) has continuously combined Marxism with China's national conditions, proceeding from reality, and enriched and innovated Marxism from theory to practice. Only when Marxism is China-oriented and the practical problems in China are solved, can it reflect its scientific nature and vitality, and show its powerful strength. On the new journey, studying the historical evolution and experience of Marxism in China can further promote the deep integration of Marxism and China, and further strengthen theoretical innovation. This paper briefly looks back on the stage of Marxism in China, and summarizes the work experience from it, so as to give some reference for continuing to promote Marxism in China on the new journey.

Losing a war while defeating the enemy

This article longitudinally analyzes the strategic interaction between Turkey and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in their four decades of conflict. Using contemporary strategic theory as an analytical framework, it analyzes how the parties’ strategies –grand and military– and political objectives align. It finds that both parties have struggled with establishing (aligning policy, strategy, and resources) and, in several instances, maintaining a functioning strategy bridge. Static approaches that solely worked in a specific context and the absence of a strategy bridge have plagued both actors, thus perpetuating the ongoing conflict. The authors conclude that the conflict will likely continue unless one of the parties can create and maintain a working strategy bridge for an extended period.

Judicious invention: flexible application of judicial doctrine in the Roberts Court’s voting rights jurisprudence

ABSTRACT The Roberts Court has issued several important voting rights decisions in the past decade that have enabled voting restrictions at the state and local level. This essay examines two of them, Shelby County v. Holder (2013) and Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute (2018). By juxtaposing the reasoning patterns of the majority opinions in Shelby County and Husted, I explore how the majorities in both cases utilized the flexibility of judicial doctrines as sites of invention. Chief Justice Roberts’ opinion in Shelby County combined arguments from circumstance with appeals to stare decisis, whereas Justice Alito’s opinion in Husted relied on a textualist argument. Comparing these approaches illustrates how jurists can flexibly apply judicial philosophies as inventional tools to achieve a desired result in high profile cases. This essay reveals how an understanding of the Supreme Court’s argument invention practices can complement attitudinal and strategic theories of judicial decision-making.

Analysis of Saudi Arabia Intervention in Decisive Storm Operations in Yemen

This research analyses the factor that influenced Saudi Arabia's decision to intervene in Yemen's civil conflict through military intervention known as Operation Decisive Storm in 2015. Before 2014, Saudi Arabia always avoided intervening in Yemen's civil conflict. However, there was a behavioral change in Saudi Arabia's policy when they decided to do military intervention in Yemen. Answer this Explanatory research using strategic theory and qualitative research methods. In the analysis of this research, the researcher found that the reason why Saudi Arabia's sudden change to intervene the conflict is influenced by a geographical factor in which there is a potential threat from Houthi rebels to Saudi nearest region that directly borders Yemen and the participation of Saudi Arabia's Political Rival in Regions, Iran, for the battle of hegemony