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Military Power and International Security

In an article published by the author in Insight Turkey, the impact of economic power on international security was discussed with a detailed explanation of the connection between economic and military power. However, there was inadequate discussion of the links between military power and international security. This article aims to explain the impact of military power on international security and how a state can achieve its security objectives by employing military power. In addition to conceptual and theoretical ideas, the analysis contains a discussion of actual examples of the use of military power, especially by Türkiye in recent years, in achieving its international security objectives.

Military Power and International Security
 

 

 

 

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There are several ways a state can achieve its international security objectives, including diplomacy, joining an alliance, using economic power, and being subservient to an imperial power. A significant example of state diplomacy is Germany’s success in obtaining Italian, British, and French agreements for Sudetenland, home to ethnic Germans who lived in Czechoslovakia, annexing it to Germany during a Munich meeting in 1938.1 Finland and Sweden becoming a member of NATO in 2023 and 2024, respectively, for protection after the Russian invasion of Ukraine is a good example of joining an alliance to achieve security objectives. A state can use its economic power; for example, the U.S. imposes economic sanctions and refuses to sell certain products to various states. Furthermore, a state can be subservient to an imperial power to achieve its security needs.2 In recent years and in contrast to earlier years, Greece became subservient to the U.S., allowing the U.S. to stockpile weapons and other logistic supplies in various locations in Greece and following guidelines consistent with U.S. policies.

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