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*[[John Mearsheimer]], ''[[The Tragedy of Great Power Politics]]''. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2001. |
*[[John Mearsheimer]], ''[[The Tragedy of Great Power Politics]]''. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2001. |
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* Michael Mann, ''The Sources of Social Power'', voll. 1-4, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge-New York, 1986-2012. |
* Michael Mann, ''The Sources of Social Power'', voll. 1-4, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge-New York, 1986-2012. |
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* [[Geoff Mulgan]], ''Good and Bad Power'', Penguin, 2005. |
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* [[Martin Wight]], ''[[Power Politics (Wight book)|Power Politics]]'', 2nd ed., Pelican Books, 1979. |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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* [[Expansionism]] |
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* [[Ideocracy]] |
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* [[Political midlife crisis]] |
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* [[Power (social and political)]] |
* [[Power (social and political)]] |
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* [[Power harassment]] |
* [[Power harassment]] |
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* [[Realpolitik]] |
* [[Realpolitik]] |
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* [[Resource curse]] |
* [[Resource curse]] |
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* [[State collapse]] |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Power politics (or, in German, Machtpolitik) is a form of international relations in which sovereign entities protect their own interests by threatening one another with military, economic or political aggression.
Power politics is essentially a way of understanding the world of international relations: nations compete for the world's resources and it is to a nation's advantage to be manifestly able to harm others. It prioritizes national self-interest over the interest of other nations or the international community.
Techniques of power politics include, but are not limited to, conspicuous nuclear development, pre-emptive strike, blackmail, the massing of military units on a border, the imposition of tariffs or economic sanctions, bait and bleed and bloodletting, hard and soft balancing, buck passing, covert operations, shock and awe and asymmetric warfare.
Literature
- Hans J. Morgenthau, Scientific Man vs. Power Politics. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1946.
- —, Politics Among Nations: The Struggle for Power and Peace. New York NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1948.
- Hans Köchler, "The United Nations Organization and Global Power Politics: The Antagonism between Power and Law and the Future of World Order," in: Chinese Journal of International Law, Vol. 5, No. 2 (2006), pp. 323–340. ABSTRACT
- John Mearsheimer, The Tragedy of Great Power Politics. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2001.
- Michael Mann, The Sources of Social Power, voll. 1-4, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge-New York, 1986-2012.
- Geoff Mulgan, Good and Bad Power, Penguin, 2005.
- Martin Wight, Power Politics, 2nd ed., Pelican Books, 1979.
See also
- Expansionism
- Ideocracy
- Political midlife crisis
- Power (social and political)
- Power harassment
- Realpolitik
- Resource curse
- State collapse
References
- Notes