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The American world of strategic studies is today based on two main positions. The first privileges a scholarly oriented posture, a so-called intellectual ethos. The second is closer to the idea of consultancy, technical recommendations. RAND provides a perfect illustration of this sectoral bipolarization, as it structurally oscillates between the two.
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Thomas Medvetz, “Hybrid Intellectuals: Think Tanks and Public Policy Experts in the United States,” Research Paper, University of Berkeley, 2006, pp. 2–3.
Rogers Brubaker, “Au-delà de ‘l’identité,’” Actes de la recherche en sciences sociales, 139 (3), 2001, p. 71,.
See, in particular, Phillipe Mary, La Nouvelle Vague et le cinéma d’auteur. Socio-analyse d’une révolution artistique (Paris: Seuil, 2006).
See Marie-Christine Granjon (ed.), Penser avec Michel Foucault: Théorie critique et pratiques politiques (Paris: Karthala, 2005), p. 43.
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Samaan, JL. (2012). Conclusion: The Disenchantment of Strategists?. In: The RAND Corporation (1989–2009). The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137057358_8
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