ABSTRACT
One of the requirements for world leadership is global reach, and the leader's task is to manage global relations, although they, if worldwide, do not extend throughout the world. To begin with selection in a global war, one cannot tell whether the new leader has to win the war, or only profit from the work of others. Although Britain did show economic leadership and possess global reach, neither was of the sort prescribed by long-cycle theory. Britain's global reach was no better suited than its economic system and social structure to the requirements of long-cycle theory. World leaders and global powers must be confident that other states will be ready, and willing, to fight regional wars on their behalf. Karen A. Rasler and William R. Thompson measure a state's global reach and its eligibility for global power and world leadership by its naval capability.
