# What Is Strategy? Strategic Studies, Realism, and the Use of Force for Political Goals

DevFeed: [What Is Strategy? Strategic Studies, Realism, and the Use of Force for Political Goals](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/what-is-strategy-35315.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://darkcoding.net/ideas/what-is-strategy/>)

Author: Graham King

Published: 2005-10-23T16:22:38Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Graham King](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/graham-king.md>)

Topics: [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>)

Tags: [ideas](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ideas.md>), [international](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/international.md>), [political-science](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/political-science.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [society](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/society.md>), [state](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/state.md>), [strategy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/strategy.md>)

## AI overview

The article introduces strategy as the use or threatened use of organized force, alongside economic, diplomatic, and psychological instruments, to support political goals. It situates strategic studies within security studies and international relations, and explains realism's view of power, self-interest, and the limits of permanent peace.

## Source excerpt

Strategic mastery: Harnessing military might for political ends.