Context The elements of national power enable a state1 to protect or advance its national interests.i They provide a structured way to assess the strength of other states and illustrate where one state has a relative advantage or disadvantage (weakness).ii Within security alliances or economic agreements (e.g., trade pacts),...

Preamble To the Constitution We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for thecommon defense, promote the general welfare, and secure theblessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain andestablish this Constitution for the...