What is a Superpower? Flashcards
What is a regional power?
Give an example
A country that has power of influence in a part of a continent or world region
•Germany
What is an emerging power?
Give an example
A country that has rapidly increased its influence and economic position in the world
•china
What is a superpower?
Give an example
A very powerful country with world wide influence due to a dominant economy, culture, political persuasion or military strength
6 ways a country could have power
- economic
- political
- military
- cultural
- demographic
- access to resources
What is hard power?
A coercive approach to gaining and maintaining power
What is soft power
An approach that attracts and co-opts the views and agreements of others
How could a county be economically powerful?
- high GDP
- high levels of trade and influence over global trade
- home to TNCs
- hard currency held in reserve by other countries
How could a country be politically powerful?
- UN security council
- powerful allies
- many multilateral agreements
How could a country be militarily powerful?
- high expenditure
- large amount of hardware and personal
- intelligence networks
- exporters of technology
How can a country by culturally powerful?
•Lind standing tradition and rich cultural history
How can a country be demographically powerful?
- significant percentage of the global population
* attracts skilled migrants and other workers
How can access to resources make a country powerful?
- able to expire and control supply
* less dependent
