<p>The arrival of post-industrial society has transformed the tradiditonal bases of national power, and thus the methods used to measure the relative power requires not merely a meticulous detailing of visible military assests but also a scrutiny of larger capabilities embodied in such variables as the aptitude for innovation, the soundness of social institutions, and the quality of the knowledge base―all of which may bear upon a country's capacity to produce the one element still fundamental to international politics: effective military power. The authors reconfigure the notion of national power to accommodate a wider understanding of capability, advancing a conceptual framework that measures three distinct areas―national resources, national performance, and military capability―to help the intelligence community develop a better evalutation of a country's national power. The analysis elaborates the rationale for assessing each of these and offers ideas on how to measure them in tangible ways.</p>

Measuring National Power in the Post-Industrial Age

Tellis, Ashley J.

Bially, Janice

MacPherson, Melissa

Layne Texas A&M University, Christopher

Reference

RAND Corporation

This handbook is designed to complement the main report (RAND/MR-1110-A). It is intended to provide the analyst the substance of the concepts and metrics for assessing national power without presenting extensive background or the analytic underpinning contained in the main document.

Measuring National Power in the Postindustrial Age: Analyst's Handbook

History

Layne, Christopher

Sollinger, Jerry M.

McPherson, Melissa

Military

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