ABSTRACT
Power-transition theory is about a contest for world primacy by the most powerful states and, as such, it is concerned with these states’ power positions in the global context. It is concerned with relative national power. As a result of this concern, it requires researchers to have access to some reasonably intersubjective and accurate indicator(s) of “power.”1 In the absence of such indicator(s), one would not be able to gauge and track the relative positions of states.
