National Cultural Defence
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Published Date: 21 May 2023
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Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher
Researcher in International Relations with a Focus on Security, Political and Economic Risks for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and International Trade
21 May 2023 at 10:44. Hofstede invented its national cultural dimensions that try to define the national culture among various cultures. However, Hofstede's framework, like other similar frameworks, mainly focuses on the political and business arenas rather than the Defence arena.
I will illustrate the concept of National Cultural Defence via WWII by raising questions:
Why did the Red Army of the Soviet Union (headquarter in Russia) have the highest casualties in WWII?
Why is the Red Army of the Soviet Union (headquarter in Russia) the only army on the European continent that did not agree to surrender to the Nazi Army?
Why did Denmark agree to surrender after a few hours to the Nazi Army?
Why did the Netherlands agree to surrender after three days to the Nazi Army?
Was the devastation in Rotterdam bigger than the devastation and casualties in Stalingrad that justified the surrounding?
Why did Norway agree to surrender to the Nazi Army yet carry on significant resistance against the Nazi Army compared to the Netherlands?
Why did Paris agree to surrender to Hitler by replacing its PM?
Why did the USA drop atomic bombs on Japan?
I can continue to raise many similar questions, yet the conclusion from them will be that each nation has National Cultural Defence, regardless of the ‘survival key factors’ (see, for example, my Global Survival Rank). In other words, what determines the National Cultural Defence is not how many soldiers and weapons the nation has but the level of determination, sacrifice, improvisation, sophistication, social solidarity, patriotism, and even the level of evil and cruelty against enemies.
Why did I predict from the start of the Ukraine War that the Ukrainian army has no chance to win over the Russian army even if Ukraine gets the best weapons from the West? Because of the National Cultural Defence of Russia, which is based on a high level of determination, sacrifice, improvisation, sophistication, and patriotism. Even Ukraine has a high level of determination and sacrifice, still, other factors and the ‘survival key factors’ are not enough to win against the Russian army.
