The Clarity Trap
The Clarity Trap
Author(s): Paul BellSubject(s): Government/Political systems, International relations/trade, Political behavior, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment, Geopolitics
Published by: NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence
Keywords: Clarity; strategic ambiguity; European Union; Windsor Framework; Georgia; strategic communications; strategic communication;
Summary/Abstract: Whatever strategic ambiguity is, it’s been around for an awfully long time. We were strolling through Trastevere in Rome of an evening last September when I spotted an English bookshop, something I can never resist in a foreign city. We went in and after a few minutes of idle browsing, my fingers fell on First Man in Rome, the first of Australian author Colleen McCullough’s Masters of Rome, a seven-volume series of historical novels of the last seventy years of the Republic. I had not heard of the series and had no great expectations; the cover looked a little Jackie Collins, but I applied my standard test. Flip to page 69 and if it holds the attention, buy it. I bought it. And have lived, utterly gripped, in ancient Rome, enthralled by McCullough’s portraits of power, for eight months.
Journal: Defence Strategic Communications
- Issue Year: 12/2023
- Issue No: 12
- Page Range: 29-44
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English