Great article over on Open Democracy by Adam Elkus that gets to the importance of the fused and synergistic effect of operational art to link strategy and tactics. Strategy and tactics alone do not effectively deal with the asymmetric and rapidly changing adversaries we face today. It takes know-how and individual and small unit “doers” to meet these challenges and win at the moral, mental and physical dimensions of conflict.

This article  helps in understanding the importance of this constant link between strategy, tactics and operational art. It relates to law enforcement and security as well.

Stay Oriented!

Fred