C3 - Power examples

General power

Hard power - Military and economic - Realism
China - Hard power - BRI and South China Sea
US - Dominate NATO, WB and IMF
EU - Sanctions vs Russia
Soft power - Diplomatic and cultural
Power is determines by resources such as population resources and territory

Failures of hard power

China still militarily outperformed by the US
Ec sanctions against russia had little effect
Western double standards

Smart power

Using hard and soft together
US developing links with Saudi to reduce threat of ISIS and Taliban

Extent of powers

Great powers - Typically ex colonial empires, po ec mi stable,
Superpowers - Period of bipolarity between US and USSR where hard power was most influential, significant power in institutions of global governance
Emerging powers - BRICS, states who are rapidly increasing their global influence

Polarity

Uni - Single power - US
Bi - Two - Cold War era
Multi - 2 or more powers

Ideological view on polarity

Realists - Unipolarity is the natural consequence of states seeking power and security in an anarchic system. Believe that multi polarity is unstable and will lead to conflict
Liberals - Fear a predatory hegemon who will threaten the hegemon, believe that multi polarity promotes cooperation reducing the risk of conflict

Governmental systems

Democracy - UK
semi- democracy - Russia
Non democracy - China
Autocratic - Syria
Failed state - Somalia
Rogue state - North Korea

Global order

DPT means more democracies means more peace
Fukuyama - Conflict will decline as states embrace liberalism and capitalism
Developed/core states have benefitted the most from the spread of democracy
Current world is not more peaceful and conflict is changing