THE STATES’ STRUGGLE FOR POWER IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM GEOPOLITICS
THE STATES’ STRUGGLE FOR POWER IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM GEOPOLITICS
Author(s): Adrian FILIPContributor(s): Diana Cristiana Lupu (Translator)
Subject(s): International relations/trade, Security and defense, Studies in violence and power, Geopolitics, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Centrul tehnic-editorial al armatei
Keywords: power; international relations; interest; hard power; soft power;
Summary/Abstract: Against the background of the contemporary geopolitical and geostrategic conditions and the struggle for power between nations, the author analyses the evolution of the geopolitical concepts of power, power struggle and power balance, at the beginning of the 21st century. Power is one of the most circulated concepts of geopolitics, and the struggle for power is one of the mechanisms leading to the evolution of human civilisation. The general notion of a state’s power includes the potential power and the actual power. The potential power is limited to items such as: population, weapons, infrastructure and national wealth, while real power includes many more factors, many of which are not quantifiable.
Journal: Romanian Military Thinking
- Issue Year: 2012
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 79-93
- Page Count: 15
- Language: English
