Power (international)
In the context of International relations and diplomacy such states are called Powers, Regional Powers, Great Powers or Super powers which can dominate other sovereign states.In the field of political theory, Niccolo Machiavelli theorised early and influentially on the mechanisms of gaining and retaining political power, publishing The Prince in 1513.
Power is usually defined as the ability to impose one's will on others, or to pursue one's interests on the expence of others'. Violence or other kinds of force, or the threat of such force, can be used to exercise power (coercion).
Political analysis often personifies nation states as powers, discussing superpowers, great powers, second-order powers and "European powers", for example, with convenient simplicity as manifestations of Realpolitik. In Western thought these terms are generally qualitative terms. In current Chinese political thinking national power can be measured quantitatively using an index known as comprehensive national power. Chinese political thought also distinguishes between various forms of national power. In particular, hard power (military power) stands in contradistinction to soft power (economic or cultural or persuasive power).
Quotation:
'Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely'.
(Attributed to Lord Acton, 1887.)
See also:
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