ABSTRACT
In practice, diplomatic, intelligence, and other activities appear at times to be subordinated to strategic-economic goals, perhaps because Japanese leaders believe it is only in the economic area that important advantages can be achieved for Japan under existing circumstances. The interface zone is a critical locus for the regulation of flows of funds and goods in global strategic operations. The Prussian army at the time, stressed by repeated humiliations and defeats at Napoleon’s hands, created an institution to do what the lonely genius did, namely to achieve complete conceptual mastery over strategic situations and to make the best possible plans and decisions for strategic deployment. Modern military defense depends perhaps more than anything else on advanced armaments and equipment, which strategic economy also potentially provides. The welfarist dimension of strategic economy does, however, like Adam Smith’s administration of justice, have the effect of minimizing disorderly and unlawful conduct and thereby ensuring domestic security.
