Comprehensive National Power


Comprehensive National Power is a putative measure, important in the contemporary political thought of the People's Republic of China, of the general power of a nation-state. CNP can be calculated numerically by combining various quantitative indices to create a single number held to measure the power of a nation-state. These indices take into account both military factors and economic and cultural factors.
A fairly simplistic and effective index was developed by Chin-Lung Chang. It uses critical mass, economic capacity and military capacity. Due to its indicators, it is often repeatable and easy to define, making it comparable to the Human Development Index in understanding and reliability.
A new book titled "Comprehensive National Power- A Model for India", which is a project of United Service Institution of India explains how CNP is calculated and also shows various methods of calculation with various tables, charts, diagrams.

National Strategic Resources

Michael Porter lists five major resources, that is, physical resources, human resources, infrastructure, knowledge resources and capital resources.11 Accordingly, the national strategic resources are divided into eight categories, with 23 indictors. Those categories constitute CNP:
RankEconomicNaturalCapitalKnowledge and TechnologyGovernmentMilitaryInternationalCultural
1ChinaRussiaSingaporeJapanDenmarkUnited StatesUnited StatesItaly
2United StatesUnited StatesJapanUnited StatesSwedenRussiaRussiaFrance
3IndiaSaudi ArabiaSouth KoreaSouth KoreaNorwayChinaChinaGreece
4JapanCanadaRussiaRussiaFinlandIndiaGermanyRussia
5GermanyIranFinlandGermanyAustraliaFranceUnited KingdomSpain
6RussiaChinaIrelandIsraelNew ZealandJapanFranceIndia
7IndonesiaBrazilAustraliaUnited KingdomNetherlandsSouth KoreaJapanMexico
8BrazilAustraliaCanadaCanadaAustriaUnited KingdomIsraelTurkey
9United KingdomIraqNetherlandsChinaGermanyTurkeySaudi ArabiaThailand
10FranceVenezuelaSwedenFinlandJapanGermanySouth KoreaJapan

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