The Tragedy of Political Science revisited.
So if we had a more precise way to measure power, many fewer wars would occur, because there would be no uncertainty about the outcome.
There's a non-zionism article that advocates stronger laws of war to make these calculations more precise:
https://nonzionism.com/p/banal-observations-on-international
"Indeed, the ideal international law of war would look like this:
Both sides agree at no fewer than 3 days in advance when hostilities will commence.
The geographical area for hostilities is specified in advance.
Both sides can only use weapons listed on an online wiki-document."
So if we had a more precise way to measure power, many fewer wars would occur, because there would be no uncertainty about the outcome.
There's a non-zionism article that advocates stronger laws of war to make these calculations more precise:
https://nonzionism.com/p/banal-observations-on-international
"Indeed, the ideal international law of war would look like this:
Both sides agree at no fewer than 3 days in advance when hostilities will commence.
The geographical area for hostilities is specified in advance.
Both sides can only use weapons listed on an online wiki-document."