Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Richard N. Haass, Multilateralism, Party System
11 Apr 2017
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Military dimension: deal with the actual implements of war, still important (not as important as it used to be though, not always useable, sometimes counter productive. If you don"t have a strong economy, you will not be able to maintain a strong military power: fits era of interdependence. Soft power: co-optation rather than coercion. Trying to persuade others to work with them: via culture and value legitimacy. Structural power: power over process, via regimes and institutions. Build into the system about your biases to get people to do your wants. International system: like party system, pattern of interactions with casual impact. A pole: has an exceptionally large share of the major power resources. Unipolarity: one state with greatly disproportionate share of power, no major rivals. Bipolarity: two major powers, zero-sum competition. Autopolarity: more than two major powers, balancing behavior, but potential for mistakes. 15th-19th centuries multipolarity in europe: balancing, frequent wars.
