INTR 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Nuclear Power, Fungibility
9 Oct 2016
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Led to the modifications of the way political elites carried on war projects. Us is in an irreversible place of declines. Military resources get outdated; if you can build castles of high walls, you can protect yourself from any seize. But when gun podwer and cannons are introduced its not as important. Need to keep your economy competitive, have your technology on date. When we say its relational, we mean you cant measure power. We don"t know how much power it has until we say relevant to what. Group of international factors that a state has power to. 3) we have to talk about power in terems of issues that it upplies and where its relevant. The idea ere is if its fungible, you should be able to apply it to more than 1 situation and draw favorable consequences. That"s the thing with fangibility, just becase you classify a state as powerful doesn"t mean its powerful in all areas.
