POLS 261 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Nikita Khrushchev

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Political Studies
• Course: POLS 261
• Professor: Stefanievon Hlatky

Document Summary

Pertaining especially to realism, varies from theory to theory. Soft power: ability to get what you what through attraction rather than coercion or payments. Legitimacy- political power within states, sphere of influence (reveals latitude, degree of success) The more legitimate the power, the less the military needs to be invovled/wielded. The higher the material indicators, the lower the dependency on other indicators. Us still prominent, dwarves other spenders (. 5 billion) Bipolarity - potentially horrific (i. e. cold war), costly, appears stable. Multipolarity less stable states are attempting to establish balance, misassessment of. International system favoring hegemony dominance challenged by numerous crises (econ. Us surpassed threshold cost-prohibative for other states to compete in power. Won"t be several decades until others can enter power contest. Foreign policy involves multiple actors under the surface that influence executive decisions. Limited time for response - presence of leaks put pressures on leaders to come to decisions (exemption of osama bin laden"s capture plan)