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The Instruments of Power - Coggle Diagram
The Instruments of Power
Military Force
Concrete, physical measurement of power
Allows for countries to be ranked in terms of relative power on a scale
Easier and simpler to conceptualize
Allows predictions to be made about the outcomes of a conflict between given groups
Favored option of power expression in situations where two sides' interests fundamentally conflict
North/South Vietnam
Factions at play in Syrian Civil War
"hard power"
Baseline ability for a state to project violent force towards its opponents
Diplomacy
"soft power"
Plays into dynamics involving groups with popular support
Success of North Vietnam over US/South Vietnam due to morale, home advantage
The ability of a state or group to peacefully resolve conflict through a variety of means
Negotiation
Popular will/condemnation of opponents
Requires a willingness to compromise (51)
Vietnam War
United States applied military power projection to aid South Vietnam
By numbers, US had vastly better odds of victory
US failed to properly consider diplomatic/relational power of the North Vietnamese
Fighting for a just cause
Popular support
More dedicated fighters
Economy
Ability of a state to leverage its economic importance on the political stage to influence others
Tariffs
Sanctions or "trade war"
Economic boycotts
Syrian Civil War
Beginning with Arab Spring
Mass protest across Arab world against corrupt or insufficient governance
Bashar Al-Assad government reacted to Syrian protests with brutality
Citizens formed militias to fight back
Factions
Internal
Assad administration
Myriad of anti-Assad rebel groups
ISIS
Al-Qaeda
Local Syrian militias
Kurdish militias
External
Russia
Iran
Turkey
United States