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This paper analyzes the economic foundations of international military power. The authors compare the relationship between economic capability and military power in both the industrial and information age. The paper examines how the information age has affected warfare, and the conditions under which states retain their advantages in waging war. The authors evaluate the factors affecting the military potential of both states and non-state actors and conclude that the lack of sustainability means that non-state actors can only attack the vulnerable socio-economic targets of a state, but not erode its structural or political preeminence.