POLS 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Ottawa Treaty, Montreal Protocol, Human Security
4 May 2017
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The way ones country does or should relate to other countries, and their national governments, around the world. The ability of a country to get what it wants. Hard power: get what it wants by using its economic wealth and military strength. Soft power: ability to convince other states to think and therefore, in turn act, as they do. Great powers richest economies and largest armed forces (us, britain, china, Middle power level of in uence and capability in between that of the great and small powers (canada, australia, sweden) Small powers a small degree of impact on international decision-making (chile, Rogue regimes a country that refuses to play well with its neighbours, and actively creates trouble and instability (north korea) Failed state a government that exists, but it can no longer effectively govern its people or provide for their basic needs (somalia) Realism- the objective of a country"s foreign policy should be to advance its own national interest.
