Geography, Sea Power and Politics Implications for Bangladesh
01 Aug 2022

In what he deemed as his magnum opus, Modern Strategy, Colin S. Gray (1943-2020), who has a strong claim to being considered the greatest strategic theorist of his generation, argues that along with history and culture, geography is one of those dimensions which dominate strategic theory, analysis and explanation. Of course, in an age when many deem technology to be the final arbiter of strategy, there are powerful claims that geography is in the process of being dismissed as a dimension with much ability to constrain. In other words, who cares about 'mere' geography when intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) can deliver weapons of mass destruction, or small conventional explosives, essentially with perfect accuracy (a zero circular error probable, CEP) at ranges above 7000 miles?