EU's capacity for strategic thinking does shrink, the loss will scarcely show in the next year or two.

ECONOMIST: Germany and the European Union

At 1pm, the Public Administration Committee rounds off its inquiry into strategic thinking in government with the coalition's designated strategic thinker, Oliver Letwin MP, minister for government policy.

BBC: Week ahead in Parliament

For this amount of brain-power and strategic and tactical thinking to be lost to the United States because of an affair with his biographer will no doubt seem to many in Europe and the rest of the world to be completely disproportionate.

BBC: General David Petraeus: A huge loss for US

Corporate boards and shareholders alike are increasingly looking for quarter-to-quarter results rather than long-term growth and strategic thinking.

FORBES: Magazine Article

James Glassman, a professional communicator with a good deal of strategic thinking under his belt, was named Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs in 2008.

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And just as the fate of the Jews in Auschwitz has always been in the background of Israeli strategic thinking, so it is clear that Srebrenica plays a similar role for Bosniaks.

ECONOMIST: Remembering Srebrenica

At the same time, a cautionary word is due: While the geographic commands are a useful tool for dividing up the Pentagon's work, the danger is that they are also the enemy of strategic thinking.

WSJ: Into Africa