On Soft Power
1.Introduction soft power
2. Terrorism and soft power
2.1 Terrorism—hard power
2.2 Implications of soft power by terrorism
3. Hard power and soft power
3.1 Relationship of soft and hard power
3.2 Implications for us
4.Conclusion
On Soft Power
1.Introduction soft power
According to Joseph Nye（2004）, soft power can be understood as follows: “… When one country gets other countries to want what it wants… in contrast with the hard or command power of ordering others to do what it wants.” (75). To be more specific, soft power is “the ability of a country to structure a situation so that other countries develop preferences or define their interests in ways consistent with its own” (77). To sum up, soft power s power as exercised through technology, value-added skills, diplomacy, economic growth, communication, and culture.
Nye’s definition of soft power is against a dominant school of thought in political science known as "realism” that views global politics as a competition between states for power in a conflict-ridden and unstable world: the accumulation of power is the goal of realist foreign policy. (Black, 2-5) Different from that, Nye believes that non-state political actors have come to a position of power increasingly greater than that of states. It is the realists’ emphasis on state power that makes critics blind to the emergent "soft" nature of power and the role of non-state agents in global politics.
From the perspective of realists, t英语论文网 【http://www.51lunwen.org】he object of power was the control of resources (e.g., people, energy, land, sea routes) and other states while from that of Nye, the object of power is to control the outcomes of various actions, patterns, and behaviors, thereby influencing the direction of events so as to benefit one's collective national self-interest. (Black, 2-5)
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