POLI 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Missile Technology Control Regime, Falklands War
15 Oct 2017
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Power is the central concept of international relations, and can be measured in multiple ways. Suf cient power is necessary for a state to engage in either compellence or deterrence. Compellence means forcing someone to do something they otherwise would not do, or stop them from doing something they intend to do or have begun. Deterrence means preventing attack by raising the costs of aggression to a prohibitive level. Military power is the most relevant form of power for maintaining security in the short term. Most countries can wield conventional military power in the form of national armed forces (i. e. army, navy, air force). Notable exceptions are the holy see/vatican (protected by the swiss guard) and costa. Canada has approximatively 68 000 active military personnel ranked (56th globally in. In comparison, china has an extremely large military numbering around 2, 285,000 personnel. Other huge militaries include the united states (1,569,000), india (1,325,000), and russia (956,000).
