Sun Tzu’s aphorisms, such as “The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting” (The Art of War, Chapter 3) and “All warfare is based on deception,” (The Art of War, Chapter 1) are frequently cited to highlight the psychological and indirect dimensions of conflict. It is a war of attrition fought in silence, where the battlefield is the supply chain, the power grid, the digital backbone of society. NATO’s Article 3 emphasizes national resilience as the foundation of collective defense, while the EU’s initiatives under the Strategic Compass, the Critical Entities Resilience Directive (CER) directive, and the Critical Raw Materials Act seek to diversify sources and build redundancy across essential sectors.
Author: RealClearWire
Published at: 2025-11-16 20:07:22
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