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The poverty of power in military power: how collective power could benefit strategic studies
Swedish Defence University, Department of Security, Strategy and Leadership (ISSL), Division of Strategy.
Swedish Defence University, Department of Security, Strategy and Leadership (ISSL), Division of Strategy.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5711-4354
2019 (English)In: Defense and Security Analysis, ISSN 1475-1798, E-ISSN 1475-1801, Vol. 35, no 2, p. 170-189Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

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.

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Routledge, 2019. Vol. 35, no 2, p. 170-189
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power, strategic studies, NATO, state-building, strategy
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Krigsvetenskap
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URN: urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-8867DOI: 10.1080/14751798.2019.1600812OAI: oai:DiVA.org:fhs-8867DiVA, id: diva2:1379294
Available from: 2019-12-16 Created: 2019-12-16 Last updated: 2020-01-14Bibliographically approved

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