TED: Let's rethink America's military strategy | Thomas Barnett

The video discusses the evolution of military strategies, focusing on the need for a sys admin force to handle non-war operations. It critiques the Pentagon's reliance on anti-access area denial strategies and highlights the challenges in transitioning from war to peace. The speaker emphasizes the importance of creating internal and coalition partners and the need for a new system to manage politically bankrupt states. The video also addresses the military's identity crisis post-Cold War and proposes a bifurcation of forces into Leviathan and sys admin roles to better handle future conflicts.

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