ABSTRACT
The diverse observations reflect various perspectives from within and without the armed forces. A quintessential insight into the relevance of the skill revolution for military personnel is provided by the spate of TV advertisements in which the US armed forces stress the educational opportunities of military service. Nor is the evidence of greater analytic skills on the part of military personnel due only to the way in which turbulent conditions have heightened their self–interests. The theory identifies three parameters that are central to any prevailing global order: the overall structure of global politics, the authority structures that link macro collectivities to citizens and the skills of citizens. If the parameters of world politics form the bases of the prevailing global order, then a new global order is bound to emerge if and when its parameters undergo profound transformation.
