IAFF 1005 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Power Vacuum, Moral Authority
26 Mar 2020
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Rise and fall of great powers, brooks. China"s economic power will not easily translate to military or technological power. Polarity is no longer a useful tool to observe power, makes some downplay significant changes and others exaggerate change. Just because china is gaining power does not mean the world is about to shift away from a unipolar system. Power partly about monopolizing the means of production (guns, money, oil) - these things becoming more dispersed so power is dispersing. World where material elements of power diffused, real power may depend on having credibility and legitimacy. Lasting global supremacy may hinge on the skillful deployment of moral authority. Power vacuum could arise bc of us growing dependence of foreign capital, eu likely to decline due to low birth rates and long life spans (less viable population), China"s impending economic crash, fragmentation of islamic civilization. Apolar world: nonstate actors would rule (criminal organizations), terrorist vulnerability, economic depression, reverse in globalization.
