All this will be discussed further in Section 10.2 regarding the structure of conflict. Therefore, the distances linked to an actor's behavior in a situation will reflect his living interests and relevant capabilities. It is the situational weights that measure the transformation of attitudes into interests and the relative weight these interests will have. But between the activation of an actor's interests and the utilization of his relevant capabilities is the his will. But not all behavior requires the will.
Some behavior is routine, habitual, automatic, reflexive.
The will, however, is engaged in interrelating actions and acts, in intentional behavior. With this crucial understanding that an actor's will is engaged in common acts and actions, I can now deal more precisely with the equation of interests, capabilities, and wills. In a situation, the variation in behavioral dispositions of an actor towards others will be a function of his common interests and capabilities regarding them and his unique interests and capabilities. Thus, distances and situation tell only part of the behavioral story. As actor's in international relations, we are also individualistic.