In today's world of overly specialized foreign-policy knowledge, in which military men, politicians and academics inhabit disconnected intellectual universes, we need more generalists like Fermor.
Very worthwhile and related reading is a 2014 policy memo written by Dr. Kevin Welner at the University of Colorado at Boulder School of Education (professor specializing in policy and law) and Dr. Gary Miron of Western Michigan University (professor of evaluation, measurement, and research at Western Michigan University).
He also is on the legislative committee of the New York State District Attorneys Association; he specializes in policy and legislative development in the areas of forensic DNA, sexual assault and family violence.
"A common misconception is that no one's going to sue their youth league or nonprofit, but that's not the case," said Dan Pullen, who runs an insurance brokerage in Fort Worth that specializes in policies for teams, players and leagues.
In 1909 he was elected senator for Pas-de-Calais; in this role he specialized in foreign policy.
Other Republicans cast the 42-year-old Mr. Ryan as the intellectual light of the party and the heir to Jack Kemp, the late New York congressman who also specialized in fiscal policy and was Senator Bob Dole's running mate in 1996.
While in Washington, Moorhead served on the Judiciary and the Commerce committees and specialized in energy policy, copyright law and cable TV legislation.
By the way, Jindal has a biology degree from Brown University and he specialized in health policy while pursuing a post-graduate degree at Oxford.
The development of smart mobility initiatives requires specialized and contextualized policies addressing the needs and interests of many stakeholders involved.
Particularly at strategic policy level such qualities are suitable, but at operational policy level specialized data or partial systems analyses can be more relevant.
