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Comment: National Interest and Capability.

  • UPSC 1993
  • 20 marks
  • Key Concepts in International Relations

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National interest names what a state wants; capability decides what it can get. Walter Lippmann (U.S. Foreign Policy: Shield of the Republic, 1943) defined sound foreign policy as bringing into balance, with a comfortable surplus of power in reserve, the nation's commitments and the nation's power. The two concepts constitute each other: interests without capability…

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  • How capability shapes interest
  • Two failures of mismatch
  • The Indian record
  • Capability is more than material
  • Conclusion
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