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Why we should be looking at Total Defense?
For a small state with limited man power and resources the key aspects of National Security is not Military Defense but Social Resilience and Civic responsibility.
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Why we should be looking at Total Defense?
For a small state with limited man power and resources the key aspects of National Security is not Military Defense but Social Resilience and Civic responsibility.
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“For small states, sovereignty is not inherited. It is practised.”
Sinhabahu examines how smaller nations preserve freedom of action amid rivalry, coercion and technological change.
A nation that can absorb disruption without losing political coherence gains time—and time is strategic power.
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