hard power
HARD POW-er
hɑːrd ˈpaʊərListen
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the use of military force, economic sanctions, coercion, and material incentives to influence the behaviour of other states or actors in international relations; hard power operates through commands, threats, and inducements backed by tangible capabilities, as opposed to soft power which relies on attraction and persuasion; hard power instruments include military intervention, arms embargoes, economic blockades, and financial penalties; realist theories of international relations privilege hard power as the ultimate currency of state competition in an anarchic international system
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