GS101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Official Residence, Multilateralism, Shooting War
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Gs101 (orend) chapter 4: foreign policy and international politics. Policy: how a community should be run and why. Domestic policy: the way one"s national community is or should be governed. Foreign policy: the way one"s county does or should relate to other countries, and their national gov. around the world. How one should best relate to one"s neighbouring countries and to one"s allies and opponents around world. Power: the ability of a country to get what it wants. Hard power: economic wealth and military capability ( bucks and bullets ) 10 largest national economies in the world (2010): us, china, japan, india, Soft power: one"s ability to get others to think the way one does. Cultural influence and impact of one"s culture and values around world. Great powers middle powers small powers rogue regimes failed states. Great powers: those countries with richest economies and largest armed forces.