International Issues: National Interest, Power, and Geopolitics

1. 📌 Essentials

• National Interest: Core goal guiding a state's foreign policy and actions.
• Power: Ability to influence others to achieve outcomes.
• Faces of Power (Nye): Behavior change, agenda control, perception shaping.
• Types of Power: Hard (military, sanctions), (culture, values), Smart (blend).
• Major Tools: Military interventions, economic sanctions.
• Key Actors: States, private military companies, non-state actors.
• Modern Warfare: Use of drones, AI, privatized conflicts.
• Geopolitical Strategies: Influence through coercion, attraction, and information.
• Power Resources: Military, economic, cultural, political.
• Conflicts: Proxy wars, privatized wars, technological warfare.

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