السياسة المسلحة | محاضرات في الحرب والفكر الاستراتيجي 18 نوفمبر، 2025

The book Politics Armed In 14 chapters it is originally a collection of lectures for graduate students taught by McFate at three of the largest universities in the United States: National Defense University's School of International Security Affairs, Georgetown University's School of International Service, and Syracuse University's Maxwell College. This course attempts to teach students how to think strategically and achieve victory in wars, as the concepts of grand strategy and the arts of war are often invoked without real understanding. This leads to disasters. It is frequently discussed by national leaders, policy makers, legislators, academics, think tank researchers, journalists, television media figures, and senior strategy officers; However, they remain ignorant of the concept; Therefore, strategy is often mixed with tactics, bureaucratic work, academic theory, and other things whose devastating impact has been demonstrated in the wars that the world has witnessed in recent decades in Afghanistan, Iraq, Ukraine, and Gaza. These lectures also attempt to explore the main strategy elements of both strong and weak parties, and everyone in between at the level of power. It attempts to examine the ideas of Sun Tzu, Kautilya, Jomini, Clausewitz, Mao Zedong, T. E. Lawrence, Galula, and other thinkers-practitioners. Case studies in the book include the Peloponnesian War, the American Revolutionary War, the 2006 Lebanon War, and warlord wars in Africa. Those who continue reading this book will find that they will be able to understand what we define as strategic thought, and act on it. Think critically about all types of wars, strategic actors, and instruments of power, and know the difference between the permanent nature of war and the changing characteristics of its methods. Most important of all, these lectures help us think critically about the future of war beyond focusing on technology. Dr. Sean McFate is a strategic thinker, author, and novelist. He is a senior research fellow at the Atlantic Council and a professor of strategy at the National Defense University and Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service. In addition, he works as a consultant for the Center for Technology and Global Affairs at the University of Oxford. The prestigious Economist magazine described his book, The New Rules of War, as the Book of the Year in 2020. In his work, McFate combines extensive academic and professional experience with extensive experience in the armed forces and private security companies.