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Pearson Education, Inc. © 2006 CHAPTER 6 Military Force INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Seventh Edition Joshua S. Goldstein
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Pearson Education, Inc. © 2006 How To Achieve A Favorable Outcome Diplomacy Trade International organizations Military Weapons
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Pearson Education, Inc. © 2006 Military and Nonmilitary Means of Leverage
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Pearson Education, Inc. © 2006 Configuring Forces Military economics are based upon a country’s economic health, its goals and the comparisons made between countries Choosing weapons is not a easy task
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Pearson Education, Inc. © 2006 Estimated Great-Power Military Capabilities, 2001-2003
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Pearson Education, Inc. © 2006 Conventional Forces Armies Holding territory Navies Air forces Power projection Logistics Intelligence
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Pearson Education, Inc. © 2006 Location of U.S. Military Forces, September 2004
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Pearson Education, Inc. © 2006 Weapons of Mass Destruction Nuclear weapons Chemical weapons Biological weapons
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Pearson Education, Inc. © 2006 Nuclear Weapons Fusion weapons Fissionable material Ballistic missiles Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs) Short-Range Ballistic Missiles (SRBMs) Cruise missiles
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Pearson Education, Inc. © 2006 Expanding Ranges of Indian and Pakistani Missiles, 1998-2003
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Pearson Education, Inc. © 2006 Ballistic Missile Capabilities, 2005
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Pearson Education, Inc. © 2006 Nuclear Strategy Mutually assured destruction 1962, Cuban missile crisis The Hotline Agreement 1960’s, test ban treaties 1968, non-proliferation treaty 1972, Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) treaty 1970’s, Strategic Arms Limitation Treaties (SALT) Multiple Independently-targeted Re-entry Vehicles (MIRV), adding warheads
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Pearson Education, Inc. © 2006 Nuclear Strategy and Arms Control 1983, Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) 1980’s and 1990’s, treaties signed to reduce nuclear forces 1996, Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
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