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标题：A Systems Thinking Archetype to Understand, Analyze, and Evaluate the Evolution of International Political Crises
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作者：Stefano Armenia ; Georgios Tsaples ; Eduardo Franco 等
期刊名称：Systems
电子版ISSN：2079-8954
出版年度：2022
卷号：10
期号：1
页码：18
DOI：10.3390/systems10010018
语种：English
出版社：MDPI Publishing
摘要：Crises are a relevant element of the modern political, economic, and social landscape. To better understand them and their potential dynamic evolution, and thus allow decision makers in turn to design more effective intervention measures, a more comprehensive understanding of their complexity is necessary. Framing a political crisis, especially one where conflicts might ensue, can be crucial for dealing with it. Consequently, there is the need to adopt a new paradigm that can reveal and contextualize the fundamental factors that can give rise to a political crisis, thus allowing for a more accurate description of it and, in turn, ensuring that every stakeholder will perceive it similarly. The present study proposes such a paradigm, to understand how a political crisis emerges, how it might evolve, and how the intertwined relevant factors can be communicated clearly, and yet be layered, which was the Systems Thinking approach. A set of case studies is presented to demonstrate the added value of such an approach. The performed analysis also draws inspiration from international relations theories, through which the Systems Thinking approach shows its capability in effectively evaluating the potentially underlying dynamics of crises and providing an analytical ground for their management and prevention.