War and conflict

    "This course is organized around the idea that war and conflict are different manifestations of a more general understanding of politics. Politics in this course is defined as a process of interaction between strategic actors seeking interdependent outcomes. Achieving one's desired outcome in this setting requires power. Nye, in Chapter 1 of his book, The Future of Power, discusses two broad frameworks to understand power--"behavioral outcomes", or "relational", definitions of power, and "power as resources" definition of power. Which of these two general understandings of power do you find most useful and why?"