Understanding the Adversary
Strategic Empathy and Perspective Taking in National Security
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20139869 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Allison Abbe (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2023-05-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The US Army War College Quarterly Parameters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-1723 • E-ISSN: 0031-1723 |
| Publisher | United States Army War College Press (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.55540/0031-1723.3221 |
| OpenAlex | W4377136834 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 11 |
National security practitioners need to understand adversary motives, mindsets, and intentions to anticipate and respond to their actions effectively. Although some authors have argued empathy helps build an understanding of the adversary, research points to its cognitive component of perspective taking as the more appropriate skill for national security practitioners to have. This article synthesizes previous research on the development and application of perspective taking in analysis and decision making and recommends four ways for strategists and practitioners to enhance their ability to gain insight into adversary motives and mindsets
Adversary · Computer security · Empathy · National security · Perspective (graphical) · Political science · Public relations · Computer Science · Law · Military History and Strategy · Psychology · Social Psychology
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Exploring the link between reading fiction and empathy
Gender Differences, Motivation, and Empathic Accuracy
The Effect of Culture on Perspective Taking
Reading Literary Fiction Is Associated With a More Complex Worldview
Gender differences in empathic accuracy
Lesson number one
Thinking Globally and Acting Locally
What Makes Foreign Policy Teams Tick
Empathizing with Saddam Hussein
Measuring individual differences in empathy
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |