On the Maturity of Operational Art in Romanian Military Thinking

Going through the scientific military analyses of the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian and Middle Eastern wars, one can see their reference to a ubiquitous paradigm – the operational art. Within this approach, the authors intend to capture the philosophy of the concept of “operational art” through doctrinal introspection and the influence of the international schools on Romanian military thinking. It highlights the importance of operational art as a planning tool for a modern thinking school. The authors have traced the premises of the emergence, development, use, and doctrinal adaptation of the main characteristics of the concept related to the development of military art. This is also the purpose of this article, on the one hand, to promote and campaign for a deeper understanding of the concept, and on the other hand, to find a solution for the cognitive institutionalization of operational art (for example, a scientific centre). Thus, this paperwork does not aim for an exhaustive approach to the operational art but aims at briefly presenting the general progress of the operational art, as well as the evolution throughout Romanian military history. Interspersed with examples of how to apply it and of the effects it produces, the approach may arouse interest in paying more practical and theoretical attention to this important concept.