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Strateji Oluşturmaya Dair Düşünceler

Year 2023, Volume: 19 Issue: 45, 513 - 528, 22.08.2023
https://doi.org/10.17752/guvenlikstrtj.1347296

Abstract

Bu makale, stratejinin temel bileşenlerini ve süreçlerini vurgulayarak stratejinin oluşturma sürecini açıklamaya ve bu sürece katkıda bulunmaya çalışmaktadır. Strateji, siyasi ve taktik düzeyler arasında bir köprüdür ama bir plan olarak düşünülmemelidir. Klasik bir strateji amaçlar, yollar, araçlar ve risklerden oluşabilir. Strateji oluşturmada stratejik analiz, nihai durumun tanımlanması, araçların belirlenmesi, yolların tasarlanması ile maliyet ve risklerin değerlendirilmesinden oluşan beş aşamalı bir süreç kullanılabilir. Ancak çağdaş strateji oluşturulmasında bu beş aşamaya iki aşamanın daha eklenmesi bir zorunluluk olarak görülmektedir ki bu iki aşama stratejinin değerlendirilmesi ve stratejinin yönetilmesidir. Bununla birlikte, stratejiyi katı bir formül olarak ele almak da hatalı bir tutum olacaktır. Stratejinin bağlamı söz konusu amaca ve alana bağlı olarak değişmektedir. Başta iş dünyası olmak üzere, askerî alan dışındaki birçok alanda strateji oluşturma süreci etkin şekilde kullanılmaktadır.

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Thoughts on Strategy Formulation

Year 2023, Volume: 19 Issue: 45, 513 - 528, 22.08.2023
https://doi.org/10.17752/guvenlikstrtj.1347296

Abstract

This article attempts to clarify and contribute to the formulation of strategy by highlighting its essential components and processes. Strategy is a bridge between political and tactical levels and should not be considered a plan. A classic strategy may consist of ends, ways, means, and risks. A five-stage process consisting of strategic analysis, definition of an end state, identifying means, designing the ways, and assessing the costs and risks can be used in strategy formulation. Yet, the addition of another two phases, which are assessment and management of strategy, is a must for contemporary strategy formulation. Nevertheless, it would be a mistake to take strategy as a rigid formula. The context of a strategy will be changing based on the aim and the field in question. Other than the military and starting with business, many fields continue to use strategy formulation effectively.

References

  • ARI Tayyar (2013). International Relations and Foreign Policy, MKM Publishing, 10. Edition, Brenford/UK.
  • CLAUSEWITZ Carl von (2010). On War, (trans. J. J. Graham), The Floating Press, New Zealand.
  • DEIBEL Terry L. (2007). Foreign Affairs Strategy: Logic for American Statecraft, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
  • FINNEY Nathan K. (2020). On Strategy: A Primer, The Army University Press, Kansas.
  • FREEDMAN Lawrence (2013). Strategy, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
  • GRATTAN Robert F. (2002). Strategy Process, University of the West of England, Bristol.
  • HEFFINGTON Steven OLER Adam and TRETLER David (2019). A National Security Strategy Primer, National Defense University Press.
  • Joint Doctrine Note 1-18, Strategy, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 25 April 2018. https://www.jcs.mil/Portals/36/Documents/Doctrine/jdn_jg/jdn1_18.pdf
  • LYKKE Arthur F. (1989) “Defining Military Strategy”, Military Review, 69, 2-8.
  • Planner’s Handbook for Operational Design, The USJFCOM Joint Doctrine Division, 2011.
  • RODRIGUEZ Cesar Augusto, WALTON Timothy Charles, and CHU Hyong (2020). “Putting the “FIL” into “DIME” Growing Joint Understanding of the Instruments of Power”, Joint Force Quarterly, 97, 2nd Quarter, 121-128.
  • THUCYDIDES (2009). Peloponnesian War, Martin Hammond, Oxford World’s Classics.
  • TZU Sun (2000). On the Art of War, translated by Giles, Lionel, Allandale Online Publishing.
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Primary Language English
Subjects Defence Studies, Political Science (Other)
Journal Section Commentary
Authors

Yavuz Türkgenci This is me 0009-0002-7656-1421

Publication Date August 22, 2023
Submission Date June 20, 2023
Published in Issue Year 2023 Volume: 19 Issue: 45

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Chicago Türkgenci, Yavuz. “Thoughts on Strategy Formulation”. Güvenlik Stratejileri Dergisi 19, no. 45 (August 2023): 513-28. https://doi.org/10.17752/guvenlikstrtj.1347296.