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| an element of power, such as nuclear weapons, that indisputably exists and can be potentially used irrespective of other considerations. |
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| balance of payments for current accounts |
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| a measure of the entire flow of money into and out of a country's economy except funds for investments. |
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| negotiations between two countries |
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| the use of threats or force as a diplomatic tactic. |
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| the current trend in diplomacy where diplomats are drawn from a wider segment of society, making them more representative of their nations. |
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| the aging of a population, with the median age and the percentage of people who reach retirement age increasing. |
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| economic measures imposed by a country or international governmental organization on one or more countries to change their behavior. These sanctions include such tools as refusing to purchase a noter country's product, refusing to sell it something that it needs, freezing its accounts in your country, or imposing punitive tariffs and quotas on its products. |
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| the international goals of a country and how it uses its national capabilities to achieve those goals. |
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| assets that can be used negatively as a threat or a sanction, or positively as an inducement by one country to shape the beaver of another country. |
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| imperial overstretch thesis |
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| the idea that attempting to maintain global order through leadership as a hegemony, especially through military power, is detrimental to the hegemon's existence. |
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| instruments of foreign policy |
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| tools countries use to implement their policies |
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| a range of personal job skills including administrative skills, legislative skills, public persuasion abilities, and intellectual capacity that affect the authority of political leaders. |
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| negotiations among three or more countries |
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| taking important international actions, especially those using military force, within the frame-work of a multilateral organization such as the United Nations. |
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| the difference between exports and imports, either overall or for specific commodities. For examples, if a state exports $10 billion in agricultural products and imports $8 billion dollars in agricultural products, that country has a net agricultural trade surplus of $2 billion. |
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| The economically developed countries including those of Western Europe, the United States and Canada in North America, Jaan in Asia, and Australia and new Zealand in Oceania. |
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| assets a country objectively possesses and has the will and capacity to use. |
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| the public conduct of negotiations and the publication of agreements |
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| debate and voting in international organizations to settle diplomatic issues. |
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| the totality of a country's international capabilities. Power is based on multiple resources, which alone or in concert allow one country to have its interest prevail in the international system. Power is especially important in enabling one state to achieve its goals when it clashes with the goals and wills of other international actors. |
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| the sum of a country's power assets that determine its potential for exercising international power. |
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| a process of creating an overall international image that enhances your ability to achieve diplomatic success. |
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| power measured in comparison with the power of other international actors |
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| the power that can be applied, and is reasonable in a given situation. Not all elements of power can be applied to every situation. |
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| social overstretch thesis |
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| the idea that spending money on altruistic social welfare programs to support the least productive people in society financially drains that economy. |
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| traits of a country that attract other countries to emulate it or otherwise follow its lead through the power of example. |
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| the use of military, economic, diplomatic, and informational policy instruments to achieve the foreign policy goals of countries. |
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| a country's power based on other countries' perception of its current or potential power |
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| the concept that in order to arrive at satisfactory international agreements, a country's diplomats actually have to deal with (at one level) the other country's negotiators and (at the second level) legislators, interest groups, and other domestic forces at home. |
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| occurs when a single country perhaps leading a small coalition of other countries, takes an important international action, such as using force, without the approval of an IGO. |
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| the willingness of a country to use its power capacity to influence global events |
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| a contest in which gains by one player can only be achieved by equal losses for other players. |
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