@article{2014:holshek:toward_a_t,
title = {Toward a Transatlantic Strategy of Peace},
year = {2014},
note = {A resurgent Russia has exposed a crisis in confidence manifest in the
dearth of a “strategic vision” and the failure to find a
“compelling narrative” on both sides of the Atlantic. Instructive
inspiration for what Helmut Schmidt called a “grand strategy for the
West” can be found in John F. Kennedy’s “mutually beneficial
partnership” to harmonize disparate European and American interests
– an idea whose time has come more due to the constraints of a
complex and hyper-connected environment and the restraints of
diminishing strategic resources than recent crises. More than anything
else, a values-based grand strategy must see peace and peacebuilding
as a pragmatic path of applied grand or geopolitical strategy,
inclusive of national security strategy, rather than just an ideal end
state. It must shape this emergent strategic narrative and the moral
consensus for compelling action from the bottom up as much as the top
down, fostering the relationships between peoples as much as
governments. Building, maintaining, and applying this unique strategic
and operational capital will go far to strengthen the most stable,
secure, and prosperous transoceanic basin in the world for decades to
come and meet the threats, challenges, and opportunities it faces.},
journal = {S&F Sicherheit und Frieden},
pages = {153--158},
author = {Holshek, Christopher},
volume = {32},
number = {3}
}