Abstract
The study of international relations today faces a formidable methodological problem: how to understand the role of power in relations between powerful states, and especially in the creation, maintenance, and decline of the international orders which frame those relations within groups or systems of states from time to time. The problem extends to explaining the role of power in general, but it is most acute in relation to power in its starkest form — military power. That is the focus of this chapter. It explores the role of military power in shaping orders in systems of states.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Muddy Boots and Smart Suits |
| Subtitle of host publication | Researching Asia-Pacific Affairs |
| Publisher | ISEAS Publishing |
| Pages | 127-140 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9789814459785 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9789814459785 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2017 |