POL310Y5 Lecture Notes - Nato Response Force, Hard Power, Nato
7 Jun 2014
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Hasn"t been a war between too european countries. Population, size, and wealth comparable to the u. s. Uses soft power (promise of eu membership) to persuade states to behave liberally and peacefully, to coheres other states to behave. Modifiy behaviour by setting a good example using diplomacy, carrots rather than sticks, attract and persuade. Hard power; military etc. which is more effective; some argue both, need to change another states behaviour. Hard power = sanctions, soft power = pursaude and attract, economic insentives if you change your behaviour you will get more foreign aid. Missions in macedonia, bosnia, congo, chad, and central african republic. when they get involved in a mission, they don"t put themselves in harms way, not hard power, send individuals there functioning as observers & advisers. 53 members with 15,000 to 20,000 peacekeepers. Peace and security missions in darfur, burundi, somalia, comoros, congo, ivory coast, and kenya. Ecowas predecessor helped manage conflict in liberia and sierra leone.
