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PS344 US Foreign Policy
United States Foreign Policy, International Relations, Global Economics
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Political Studies
Undergraduate 3
10/28/2012

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Term
Endogenous Relationship
Definition
A theory that a certain relationship between two facts is causal
Term
Power
Definition
The ability to get someone to do something or to act in a way that they normally wouldn't do
Term
BRICs
Definition
Brazil, Russia, India and China
Term
Soft Power
Definition

"Power of attraction"

Largely relative

 

US soft power is influence:

  • tech & science advances
  • music, movies, tv, 
  • ideas about democracy & way of doing busines
  • spreading ideas and customs,etc
Term
Unipolarity
Definition

Distribution of power in which there is one state with most of the cultural, economic and military influence

 

  • Takes place in an interstate system
  • Constrained by anarchy
  • Obstructs int'l system's balance of power
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