Measuring National Power in the Postindustrial Age - Couverture souple

Tellis, Ashley J.; Bially, Janice ; Layne, Christopher ; MacPherson, Melissa

9780833027924: Measuring National Power in the Postindustrial Age

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ISBN 10 : 0833027921 ISBN 13 : 9780833027924

Editeur : RAND, 2000

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The arrival of post-industrial society has transformed the tradiditonal bases of national power, and thus the methods used to measure the relative power requires not merely a meticulous detailing of visible military assests but also a scrutiny of larger capabilities embodied in such variables as the aptitude for innovation, the soundness of social institutions, and the quality of the knowledge base--all of which may bear upon a country's capacity to produce the one element still fundamental to international politics: effective military power. The authors reconfigure the notion of national power to accommodate a wider understanding of capability, advancing a conceptual framework that measures three distinct areas--national resources, national performance, and military capability--to help the intelligence community develop a better evalutation of a country's national power. The analysis elaborates the rationale for assessing each of these and offers ideas on how to measure them in tangible ways.

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