| ID | 165362 |
| Title Proper | poverty of power in military power |
| Other Title Information | how collective power could benefit strategic studies |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Angstrom, Jan |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Strategic studies deals intimately with the topic of power. Most scholars in the discipline work with a concept of power as an adversarial zero-sum competition. This is natural and necessary. However, other conceptions of power developed within political science and sociology could enrich strategic studies. Approaching two typical, traditional tasks of strategy – alliance building and war-fighting – this article demonstrates the heuristic mileage of theories of collective power. In particular, we can shed new light on the post-Cold War transformation of NATO as well as state-building as a strategy in counter-insurgencies with new ideas of power. Broadening the palette of theories of power is thus valuable if strategic studies is to prosper as an independent field of study. |
| `In' analytical Note | Defense and Security Analysis Vol. 35, No.2; Jun 2019: p.170-189 |
| Journal Source | Defense and Security Analysis Vol: 35 No 2 |
| Key Words | Power ; State-Building ; Strategic Studies ; Strategy ; NATO' |