War and Order: Thinking About Military Force in International Affairs

Hugh White

doi:10.1355/9789814459792-010

War and Order: Thinking About Military Force in International Affairs

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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
Title of host publication	Muddy Boots & Smart Suits: Researching Asia-Pacific Affairs
Editors	Nicholas Farrelly, Amy King, Michael Wesley and Hugh White
Place of Publication	Singapore
Publisher	ISEAS Publishing
Pages	127-140
Edition	1st
ISBN (Print)	9789814459785
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1355/9789814459792-010
Publication status	Published - 2017

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