Types of Power
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- Created on: 02-05-21 10:45
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- Types of Power
- Soft
- Ability of states to persuade others without force or coercion.
- Culture
- Political values
- Diplomacy / foreign policy
- UK and EU recognised as leading soft powers
- English language most common second-language, spoken by 1 billion
- Some goals, such as stopping N. Korea from developing nuclear weapons, can only be achieved through hard power
- Terrorists unlikely to be persuaded through attraction
- Ability of states to persuade others without force or coercion.
- Hard
- Coercive power = wielded through threats
- Military
- e.g. promise of military protection
- Economic
- e.g. reduction of trade barriers
- Military
- Damages the credibilty and reputation of states that employ it, e.f. USA after Iraq and Afghanistan
- Realists: military force is the ultimate instrument in guaranteeing states' own survival
- Economic globalisation makes state war too costly, so states compete through trade rather than war.
- Dell Theory of Conflict Resolution
- Coercive power = wielded through threats
- Smart
- Skilful combination of hard and soft power
- 2008 election of Barack Obama
- Iran - used damaging economic sanctions as well as diplomacy to reach out to the Iranian public
- About choosing the right tools for each specific situation
- Joseph Nye
- American political scientist
- Power
- Three types of power
- Joseph Nye
- American political scientist
- Power as capability
- Power as a relationship
- Power as structural
- Joseph Nye
- Three types of power
- Soft
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