Geopolitics and the Measurement of National Power
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Here are a number of scholars who did some work related to the quantification of national power. The listing here does not imply any affiliation with this information network.

Побиск Георгиевич КУЗНЕЦОВ [Pobisk Georgiyevich KUZNETSOV] (1924−2000). Economist.
Wikipedia (Russian): http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Кузнецов,_Побиск_Георгиевич
Website (Russian): http://www.pobisk-memory.narod.ru/

Primary (Russian):

  • Kuznetsov, Oleg Leonidovich. Kuznetsov, Pobisk Georgievich. & Bolshakov, Boris Evgenevich. 2000. Система Природа–Общество–Человек. Устойчивое развитие [System of Nature – Society – Man: Sustainable Development]. Dubna: International University of Nature, Society and Man. Available at:
    http://pobisk-memory.narod.ru/files/Priroda.rar

Secondary (Russian):

  • Pudenko, Sergei. 2006. "'Комплексная мощь государства (нации)'. Почему рухнул СССР и развивается Китай?" ["'Integrated power of the state (nation)'. Why did the Soviet Union collapse and China develop?"]. Almanac East [online] 5 (41). Available at:
    http://www.situation.ru/app/j_art_1155.htm
  • Pudenko, Sergei. [2006]. "Мощностные матрицы геополитических стратегий. Концепции 'комплексной мощи государства' сегодня ["Capability matrix geopolitical strategies: The concepts of 'integrated state power' today"]. Almanac East [online]. Available at:
    http://www.situation.ru/app/j_art_1170.htm

Carlos de MEIRA MATTOS (1913−2007). Major General, Brazilian Army.
Wikipedia (Portuguese): http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_de_Meira_Mattos
Website (Portuguese): http://www.cepen.org/

Primary (Portuguese):

  • Meira Mattos, Carlos de. 1976. "A Evolução de Conceito de Poder Nacional e Sua Avaliação." Revista Militar Brasileira 62 (1 & 2), 121−127.
  • Meira Mattos, Carlos de. 1977. A Geopolítica e as Projeções do Poder. Rio de Janeiro: Biblioteca do Exército.
  • Meira Mattos, Carlos de. 1984. Geopolítica e Trópicos. Rio de Janeiro: Biblioteca do Exército.

Secondary (English):

  • Child, John. 1979. "Geopolitical Thinking in Latin America." Latin American Research Review 14 (2), 89−111. Available at:
    http://www.jstor.org/pss/2502880 (requires subscription)
  • Kelly, Philip L. 1984. "Geopolitical Themes in the Writings of General Carlos de Meira Mattos of Brazil." Journal of Latin American Studies 16 (2), 439−461. Available at:
    http://www.jstor.org/stable/157429 (requires subscription)

John Quincy STEWART (1894−1972). Astrophysicist.
Wikipedia (English): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Quincy_Stewart

Primary (English):

  • Stewart, John Q. 1945. Coasts, Waves and Weather for Navigators. Boston: Ginn & Company.
  • Stewart, John Q. 1954. "Natural Law Factors in United States Foreign Policy." Social Science 29 (3), 127−134.

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