GOV 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Hard Power, Multilateralism, Unilateralism
Document Summary
Geographic scope of interests: regional or global. Sometimes the scope of interests will be narrower while other times they will be more expansive. Unilateralism the us wants to act with its own power and capacity rather than be held down by institutions and allies. Multilateralism stresses the need for the us to work with partners/international organizations. The form that the power will take. Hard power usually in the form of military force is normally the predominant form of power. Soft power economic levels, political clout, or even cultural influence may be emphasized as a way to have influence over outcomes. Different grand strategies will identify different problems as the central threat to the us. Maintaining a hospitable security and economic global. Competing grand strategies can have narrower/broader conceptions of national interests. E. g. isolationism will emphasize the physical security of the homeland, whereas other grand strategies will emphasize more expansive/global conceptions of national interest. O defining global threats to the us.
