Appendix to Influence and Power in a Globalized World

Joint publication of the Atlantic Council, the University of Denver’s Pardee Center for International Futures and HCSS.

The Method Appendix to the study Influence and Power in a Globalized World reviews the theoretical justifications of each sub-dimension included in the Formal Bilateral Influence Capacity (FBIC) Index. It also includes a broader discussion of the data series supporting each sub-index based on an extensive review of the literature. The FBIC Index includes forty-two economic, political, and security indicators with over 200 million individual observations from 1963 to the present. The multidimensional, dyadic measurement of influence of the FBIC Index makes it possible to conduct a broader analysis of different aspects of international relations than traditional power, resource-based approaches.

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Jonathan D. Moyer, Tim Sweijs, Matt Burrows and Hugo Van Manen, 2017. “Appendix to Power and Influence in a Globalized World.” Working paper December 2018. Pardee Center for International Futures, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver, Denver, CO.

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