Power and Sovereignty

Front

a coercive approach to international political relations, especially one that involves the use of military power.

Back

Hard Power

Front

What is described as the ability to make friends and influence people not through military might, but through its most attractive assets, notably culture, education, language and values?

Back

Soft Power

Front

involves the strategic use of diplomacy, persuasion, capacity building, and the projection of power and influence in ways that are cost-effective and have political and social legitimacy – essentially the engagement of both military force and all forms of diplomacy.

Back

Smart Power

Front

is multiple countries working together on a given issue.

Back

Multilateralism

Front

is one country working alone on a given issue.

Back

Unilateralism

Front

refers to as a large group of people who share a common identity and constitute an "imagined community." Usually grounded on a common historical, ethnic, religious, or linguistic background.

Back

Nation

Front

responsible for structuring the lives of the people that belong to that community which is usually defined by territorial boundaries.

Back

State

Front

is the idea of a homogenous nation governed by its own sovereign state—where each state contains one nation. A community in which the political and territorial boundaries coincide with those of a single cultural, ethnic, linguistic and / or historical nation.

Back

Nation State

Front

is a sovereign entity that comprises two or more nations or states.

Back

Multi-Nation State

Front

is an ethnic group or nation that does not possess its own state and is not the majority population in any nation state. (example…Kurdistan)

Back

Stateless Nation