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Record Nr.

UNINA9910219965403321

Autore

Arquilla John

Titolo

The emergence of noopolitik : toward an American information strategy / / John Arquilla, David Ronfeldt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Monica, CA, : Rand, c1999

ISBN

1-282-45111-1

9786612451119

0-8330-4827-9

0-585-24348-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (95 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

RonfeldtDavid F

Disciplina

327

Soggetti

Information policy - United States

Information society

International relations

Telematics - Social aspects

United States Foreign relations 1989-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"MR-1033-OSD".

"Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, National Defense Research Institute."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 77-89).

Nota di contenuto

COVER; PREFACE; FIGURE; TABLES; SUMMARY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Chapter One - WHITHER "INFORMATION STRATEGY"?; Chapter Two - RECOGNITION OF THE NOOSPHERE; WHY "INFORMATION" MATTERS; Chapter Three - EMERGENCE OF NOOPOLITIK; GRAND STRATEGIC SHIFTS AT THE TURN OF THECENTURY; FROM REALPOLITIK TO NOOPOLITIK-A COMPARISON OF THE PARADIGMS; NOOPOLITIK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE; FOSTERING NOOPOLITIK: SOME GUIDELINES AND TASKS; Chapter Four - INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND CONFLICT; INFORMATION STRATEGY AND GLOBAL COOPERATION; INFORMATION STRATEGY IN CRISIS AND CONFLICT; Chapter Five - MOVING AHEAD; A NEW TURN OF MIND; U.S. HEGEMONY REQUIRED TO CONSOLIDATE THE NOOSPHERE?; BIBLIOGRAPHY

Sommario/riassunto

Strategy, at its best, knits together ends and means, no matter how various and disparate, into a cohesive pattern. In the case of a U.S.



information strategy, this requires balancing the need to guard and secure access to many informational capabilities and resources, with the opportunity to achieve national aims by fostering as much openness as practicable. The authors' term to represent such strategic balancing is guarded openness. They go on to describe noopolitik (nu-oh-poh-li-teek)--an emerging form of statecraft that emphasizes the importance of sharing ideas and values globally, princi