Composite Index of National Capability

The Composite Index of National Capability (CINC) is a statistical measure of national power created by J. David Singer for the Correlates of War project in 1963. It uses an average of percentages of world totals in six different components. The components represent demographic, economic, and military strength.[1] More recent studies tend to use the (CINC) score, which “focuses on measures that are more salient to the perception of true state power” beyond GDP.[2] It is still “among the best-known and most accepted methods for measuring national capabilities.” The CINC only measures hard powers and may not represent total national power.

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 12, 2011. Retrieved December 4, 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ Garrett Heckman. "POWER CAPABILITIES AND SIMILARITY OF INTERESTS: A TEST OF THE POWER TRANSITION THEORY" (PDF). Etd.lsu.edu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-07-18. Retrieved 2016-04-28.