Geopolitical Perspective and the Assessment of the Adversary Air Forces

Abstract

Estimation of adversary air force is continuously made during planning process and execution phase and has influence on decisions made. In the article, the author considers the usefulness of geopolitics as a perspective for conducting estimation of adversary air force. Pointing to the informational value of geopolitical thoughts, he shows its usefulness as a source of a number of important data about not only the environment, but also potential political actors and their goals. The most important conclusions from the considerations are that use of geopolitical perspective to estimate adversary air force gives an opportunity to save time and to improve situational awareness at all levels of air force command structure.