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Vulnerabilities of the Powerful: Does Our Power Help Us in the War on Terror?
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Vulnerabilities of the Powerful: Does Our Power Help Us in the War on
Terror?
(Revised Title)
Author: Olga Bogatyrenko
University of California, Davis
Ph. D. Candidate
Contact email:
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Contact phone: 202-251-6368
Abstract
Understanding power usually comes from looking at it in the context of dynamic changes both in the nature of power and the nature of adversary and the context of interactions. Traditionally, power has been defined and measured by quantitative indicators of hard power, given conventional battlefield strategy and conventional weapons state adversaries are likely to use. Today, hard power still remains an important component of state power. Yet, in light of the changing nature of the international environment, and given that states find themselves increasingly reliant on their soft power internationally and constrained by limits of their extractive capacity domestically, hard power has become a less relevant tool for addressing asymmetric threats. The present paper suggests the need not only to recognize strengths offered by the increased complexity of the American power, but also to recognize its vulnerabilities. While the US is well-equipped to combat threats that come from states, different elements of its power have become increasingly vulnerable to attacks by terrorist organizations.
* This paper is work in progress. Please do not cite without the author’s permission
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Vulnerabilities of the Powerful: Does Our Power Help Us in the War on
Terror?
(Revised Title)
Author: Olga Bogatyrenko
University of California, Davis
Ph. D. Candidate
Contact email:
Contact phone: 202-251-6368
Abstract
Understanding power usually comes from looking at it in the context of dynamic changes
both in the nature of power and the nature of adversary and the context of interactions.
Traditionally, power has been defined and measured by quantitative indicators of hard
power, given conventional battlefield strategy and conventional weapons state
adversaries are likely to use. Today, hard power still remains an important component of
state power. Yet, in light of the changing nature of the international environment, and
given that states find themselves increasingly reliant on their soft power internationally
and constrained by limits of their extractive capacity domestically, hard power has
become a less relevant tool for addressing asymmetric threats. The present paper suggests
the need not only to recognize strengths offered by the increased complexity of the
American power, but also to recognize its vulnerabilities. While the US is well-equipped
to combat threats that come from states, different elements of its power have become
increasingly vulnerable to attacks by terrorist organizations.
* This paper is work in progress. Please do not cite without the author’s permission
Introduction
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