Why International Primacy Matters

To discern whether international primacy matters is to ask whether international power matters. Critics who are skeptical concerning the value of primacy often approach the issue in terms of relative and absolute gains.

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Published in:International security 1993-04, Vol.17 (4), p.68-83
Main Author: Huntington, Samuel P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
350100 - Arms Control- Policy, Negotiations, & Legislation- (1987-)
Aircraft industry
ARMS CONTROL
Cold wars
Corporations
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
Economic competition
ECONOMIC POLICY
Economic power
Economic value
ECONOMICS
Financial investments
FOREIGN POLICY
Government
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
Imports
INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS
International politics
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
International trade
JAPAN
MILITARY STRATEGY
NORTH AMERICA
NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS, AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION
POLITICAL ASPECTS
Political science
POWER, PARTICIPATION IN DECISION-MAKING
Primacy and Its Discontents
SECURITY
UNITED STATES, 1945 TO PRESENT
USA
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Summary:To discern whether international primacy matters is to ask whether international power matters. Critics who are skeptical concerning the value of primacy often approach the issue in terms of relative and absolute gains.
ISSN:0162-2889
1531-4804
DOI:10.2307/2539022