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This paper discusses the role and the place of cultural intelligence in the initial intellectual training of young officers in military academies. Its aim is not to argue in favor of the importance of cultural intelligence for officers, as this has already been well established. It rather deals with the question of how to cultivate cultural intelligence in young officers during the initial stage of their training at military academies. It defends the thesis that cultural intelligence refers to a particular type of virtue that officers must develop as professionals in the management of violence: a firm and constant intellectual and practical disposition that guides one’s behavior in any complex situation marked by cultural diversity.
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Parenteau, D. (2020). Cultural Intelligence as Part of an Officer’s Virtue. In: Enstad, K., Holmes-Eber, P. (eds) Warriors or Peacekeepers?. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36766-4_2
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