PL SC 014 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Collective Security
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First exam (1) cow"s composite indicator of national capabilities. This is the main/most common measure of power used in ir conflict research. The resulting value can range from zero to 1, though it tops out with the us in the 1940s around 0. 38, with higher values representing more powerful states. As indicated above, this is the most widely used measure of national power in quantitative analyses of international conflict, and thus is very important to the scientific study of ir. (2) security dilemma. Security dilemmas arise whenever the steps one state takes to increase its own security makes other states feel insecure. Those other states then increase their capabilities to offset the first state"s actions, making the first state feel less secure, or at least not more secure. The steps each state takes to maximize their own security threaten other states, and their counter-actions undercut the initial security-enhancing steps.
