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A state tries to achieve its aims through coercion.
What is hard power?
Considered the historical event that led to the creation of the concept of the "state".
What is the Treaty of Westphalia?
Believe that all states act in their own self interests.
What/Who are realists?
Tends to be an essential component of hard power
What is military power?
The idea that states and their fortunes are connected to each other.
What is interdependence?
When aims are achieved via persuasion, it is commonly referred to as this...
What is soft power?
A state's ability to enforce their own laws and collect taxes would be an example of this.
What is internal sovereignty?
See the world as a positive-sum instead of zero-sum
What/Who are liberalists?
A trade embargo or tariff would be considered this type of power...
What is economic power?
This concept is functional because it prevents states from wanting to act militarily against each other.
What is complex interdependence?
The presence of refugees in a country would call into question this characteristic of sovereignty.
What is a "permanent population"?
Believe that everyone should embrace democracy, equality and a shared notion of justice.
What/Who are liberalists?
The means by which states affect global politics, usually by promoting a model of politics that they favour, such as democracy or capitalism.
What is structural power?
Besides states, these non state actors play a big role in interdependence?
What are Intergovernmental Organizations (IGO's), Non-governmental Organizations (NGO's) and/or Multinational Corporations (MNC's)
Usually thought of as fragile, this type of power is often embedded in society and not within a government's control.
What is soft power?
Kosovo's inability to have a representative in the UN fits into this characteristic related to sovereignty.
What is "the capacity to enter into relations with other states"?
Would likely say, "Your gain is my loss!"
What/Who is a realist?
The type of power that is evident when global brands such as Apple have become universally known and popular.
What is social or cultural power?
States that are linked because they trade with each other would have this type of interdependence?
What is economic interdependence?
The name of the Harvard professor of IR that came up with the spectrum of types of power.
Who is Jospeh Nye?
When a state holds a vote to determine their own independence, it is called this.
What is a referendum?
They are prepared to defend sovereignty as an absolute and to breach the sovereignty of other states if their own national interest requires it.
Who are realists?
When a state uses diplomacy with another state and uses this diplomacy to influence the other state to change its behavior.
What is relational power?
Refers to groups or actions that are considered to be acceptable, usually conforming to agreed laws or democratic principles.
What is legitimacy?