How countries use economic, military, and diplomatic power to advance their global agendas

Abstract EN

In the international competitive arena, power has remained an object of interest.

from a hundred years ago to the time the great philosopher general sun TZU was around, the struggle for power was the central theme determining all international behavior.

with time, however, the dynamics of this power and the means through which it is secured have evolved.

in a modern way, as states make use of non-brute means of power, the way that power was conventionally understood has also changed.

the security of power in the international arena has been through military means.

the roman legions were well known for their destructive and assertive power.

however, there is also the importance of a negotiable form of power that comes with such a strong force.

the diplomatic means of power.

in addition to this, in the modern age with the advent of the Bretton woods system and other institutions such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), we shall look at how the economy itself has become a tool in the hands of the state in order to assert power.

this is the central theme of the paper, the exploration of the term power.

we will also look at some of the core concepts surrounding the obtaining of power in modern times.

we will discuss soft and hard power specifically how both of them are equally important in trying to establish a position in the international hierarchy.

power is a dynamic term and therefore the means of securing it are also just as fluid.

this is what we shall look at in this paper.