El concepto de potencia en las relaciones internacionales
Journal: Estudios Internacionales
Year: 2011

Great powers are those States that establish the rules of the system and that have the resources and capacities necessary to mobilize them optimally in defense of those rules. This article presents a reflection on the validity of the concept of power, starting from the basis that a power is more than a nation-state. Although the physical dimension is very important, it is not the only element to assess the capacity of a State in the international system. Military power has also always been one o