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    National interest refers to a state's desire for power, security, and wealth, with the core interest being survival and protection of a state's physical, political, and cultural identity. National interest is a vague term that is defined differently depending on context. Scholars have attempted to more clearly define national interest as the claims, objectives, goals, demands, and interests a nation seeks to preserve, protect, defend, and secure in relations with other nations. These interests can be categorized as either vital/necessary components, which directly impact a state's survival and identity, or variable/non-vital components, which are determined by circumstances and securing vital interests. Vital components include physical, political, and cultural identity, while variable components

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    National interest refers to a state's desire for power, security, and wealth, with the core interest being survival and protection of a state's physical, political, and cultural identity. National interest is a vague term that is defined differently depending on context. Scholars have attempted to more clearly define national interest as the claims, objectives, goals, demands, and interests a nation seeks to preserve, protect, defend, and secure in relations with other nations. These interests can be categorized as either vital/necessary components, which directly impact a state's survival and identity, or variable/non-vital components, which are determined by circumstances and securing vital interests. Vital components include physical, political, and cultural identity, while variable components

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    National interest refers to a state's desire for power, security, and wealth, with the core interest being survival and protection of a state's physical, political, and cultural identity. National interest is a vague term that is defined differently depending on context. Scholars have attempted to more clearly define national interest as the claims, objectives, goals, demands, and interests a nation seeks to preserve, protect, defend, and secure in relations with other nations. These interests can be categorized as either vital/necessary components, which directly impact a state's survival and identity, or variable/non-vital components, which are determined by circumstances and securing vital interests. Vital components include physical, political, and cultural identity, while variable components

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    National interest

    National interest is the self-regarding desire by states for power, security, or wealth. The
    meaning of national interest is survivalthe protection of physical, political and cultural

    identity against encroachments by other nation-statesMorgenthau.


    National Interest is a vague and ambiguous term that carries a meaning according to the
    context in which it is used. Statesmen and policy-makers have always used it in ways
    suitable to them and to their objective of justifying the actions of their states. Hitler
    justified expansionist policies in the name of German national interests. The US
    presidents have always justified their decisions to go in for the development of more and

    more destructive weapons in the interest of US national interest.


    Over the Period of time many scholars have tried to define national interests but all the
    definitions ideated by the scholars rests on the notions such as , National Interests can as
    defined as the claims, objectives, goals, demands and interests which a nation always
    tries to preserve, protect, defend and secure in relations with other nations.

    Components of National Interest:


    In describing the national interests that nations seek to secure a two-fold classification is
    generally made:
    (A) Necessary or Vital Components of National Interest and
    (B) Variable or Non-vital Components of National Interests.

    (A) Necessary or Vital Components:


    According to Morgenthau, the vital components of the national interests that a foreign policy
    seeks to secure are survival or identity. He sub-divides identity into three parts: Physical identity.
    Political identity and Cultural identity.
    Physical identity includes territorial identity. Political identity means politico- economic system
    and Cultural identity stands for historical values that are upheld by a nation as part of its cultural
    heritage. These are called vital components because these are essential for the survival of the
    nation and can be easily identified and examined. A nation even decides to go to war for securing
    or protecting her vital interests.
    A nation always formulates its foreign policy decisions with a view to secure and strengthens its
    security. The attempts to secure international peace and security, that nations are currently
    making, are being made because today the security of each state stands inseparably linked up
    with international peace and security. Security is, thus, a vital component of national interest.
    Each nation always tries to secure its vital interests even by means of war.
    (B) Non-vital or Variable Components of National Interest:
    The non-vital components are those parts of national interest which are determined either by
    circumstances or by the necessity of securing the vital components. These are determined by a
    host of factorsthe decision-makers, public opinion, party politics, sectional or group interests
    and political and moral folkways.
    These variable interests are those desires of individual states which they would, no doubt, like
    to see fulfilled but for which they will not go to war. Whereas the vital interests may be taken as
    goals, the secondary interests may be termed as objectives of foreign policy.

    These objectives have been listed by V.V. Dyke and his list includes: Prosperity, Peace, Ideology,
    Justice, Prestige, Aggrandisement and Power. Though each state defines these objectives in a
    manner which suits its interests in changing circumstances, yet these objectives can be described
    as common to almost all states. Thus, national interest which a nation seeks to secure can be
    generally categorized into these two parts.

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