08-09-2020

TUESDAY
MILITARY PREAREDNESS:
The vital components: -
(a) The quality and quantity of forces
(b) Technological advancements in warfare
(c) Military leadership

Basically,

● For a nation to be strong, it must posses highly trained and skilled and equipped
army.
● A large army which is unequipped is a weakness
● technological advancements in warfare decided the fate of the nation
● state in possession of technologically advanced weapons dominates the inferior
states having lesser technological advancements.

Example:

⮚ Germany dominated the WWI because of submarine in warfare

● Nuclear weapon is the most sophisticated weapon at present.
● India brought Rafale fighter planes from France.

DIPLOMACY:
● Skill in the management of relations between the states. (government of
independent states).
● Management of international relations.
● The quality of the diplomacy is pursued by the state.
● According to Morgenthau, diplomats were the brain of national power.
● If a diplomat's vision is blurred then all their advantages will go wasted.
● Many scholars say that diplomacy lost its glory because of the advancements in
modern technology.
● Later, due to advanced technology diplomacy became open
● Introduction of open diplomacy
⮚ No secrets in diplomacy
⮚ Conducted in public’s eyes
⮚ Art of democracy
⮚ Act according to public opinion.
⮚ No more playing spectacular roles as played before
● But still it portrays the power of the state to an extent.

LIMITATIONS OF POWER (NATIONAL POWER)

1. THE BALANCE OF POWER

● Setting power with power ( checks and balance)
● The power of a group of nations helps to prevent one nation from improvising its
will on another nation.
 ● If there is no balance in power, the more powerful will keep imposing its will and
order on other states.

● america and china has equal powers and therefore they can’t fight back at each
other

● we have two components of balance of power

(a) direct opposition

(b) competition
● DIRECT OPPOSITION :- One state opposes another state directly to preserve their
status quo.
● COMPETITION :- If two states fight each other in a vision to preserve over the 3rd
state.

2. INTERNATIONAL MORALITY:-

● power is a crude and unreliable method of limiting the aspiration of power on the
international seas.
● hapsian state of power - power should not be cubed with power.
● enslavement of mankind; extinction of mankind
● moral principle; more peaceful and less anarchic
● international moral principle:-
➢ keeping promises
➢ trust in others
➢ fair dealing
➢ adhere to international law
➢ protecting minority
● all states are expected to accept the universal code of conduct( int. morality)