The phrase "absence of strategy" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where there is no plan or method in place to achieve a goal or objective.
Example: "The team's failure to meet its targets was largely due to the absence of strategy in their approach."
Alternatives: "lack of strategy" or "deficiency in strategy".
An absence of strategy is by design.
That absence of strategy is not Britain's fault rather than the EU's, or vice versa.
"In the past, an absence of strategy was sustainable," said Zbigniew Brzezinski, who was national security adviser to President Jimmy Carter.
"I broke the silence on the Afghanistan operation last year as I had become increasingly alarmed about the absence of strategy," he said.
And beyond the immediate crises – including the mishandled travel expenses saga – MPs fear the "void", the absence of strategy or policy other than dealing with the immediate problems of the day and constantly repeating the phrase "jobs and growth".
HUGGAN: It isn't the lengthening that is offensive, it is the absence of strategy MAIR: They can't keep things the same forever and keep having that conversation each year, surely.
When deviations occurred, recent evidence supported current practices in some instances (shorter courses of preemptive therapy) but not in others (absence of strategies to prevent late CMV disease).
In the absence of strategies to minimize the impact due to these variations, both biorefineries and farmers venturing into the cellulosic biofuel arena will be significantly exposed.
In general, these and other projects, not just in the area of transportation, were cut short in the absence of strategies and clear planning.
In the absence of strategies for prevention of mother to child transmission, the transmission rate up to birth between the mother and child is about 25%.
A range of factors, including worsening socioeconomic conditions in much of sub-Saharan Africa, increasing mobility and migration of health workers and the absence of strategies to train and retain adequate supplies of appropriate health workers, contributes to the resource drain.
