ABSTRACT Strategic studies deals intimately with the topic of power. Most scholars in the discipline work with a concept of power as an adversarial zero-sum competition. This is natural and necessary. However, other conceptions of power developed within political science and sociology could enrich strategic studies. Approaching two typical, traditional tasks of strategy – alliance building and war-fighting – this article demonstrates the heuristic mileage of theories of collective power. In particular, we can shed new light on the post-Cold War transformation of NATO as well as state-building as a strategy in counter-insurgencies with new ideas of power. Broadening the palette of theories of power is thus valuable if strategic studies is to prosper as an independent field of study.

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军事力量中的力量匮乏：集体力量如何有益于战略研究

摘要 战略研究与权力主题密切相关。该学科的大多数学者都将权力概念视为对抗性零和竞争。这是自然而必要的。然而，政治科学和社会学中发展起来的其他权力概念可以丰富战略研究。本文探讨了两个典型的传统战略任务——联盟建设和战争——展示了集体权力理论的启发式里程。特别是，我们可以对冷战后的北约转型以及国家建设作为一种具有新权力理念的反叛乱战略提供新的认识。因此，如果战略研究要作为一个独立的研究领域蓬勃发展，那么拓宽权力理论的范围就很有价值。