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Wed 8 Jul, 2009 07:37 am
Quote:Figuring out how to combine the resources of both hard and soft power into smart-power strategies requires what I call "contextual intelligence" in my book The Powers to Lead. In foreign policy, contextual intelligence is the intuitive diagnostic skill that helps policymakers align tactics with objectives to create smart strategies. Of recent U.S. presidents, Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush had impressive contextual intelligence; the younger Bush did not.
Can I take "contextual intelligence" to mean "the capacity to formulate smart strategies in light of actualities"?
@fansy,
I couldn't have said it better myself.