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Power politics (or, in German, Machtpolitik) is a theory in international relations, which contains the idea that distributions of power and interests, or changes to those distributions, are fundamental causes of war and of system stability.[1]
The concept of power politics provides a way of understanding systems of international relations: in this view, nations compete for the world's limited resources and it is to an individual nation's advantage to be manifestly able to harm others. Power politics prioritizesnational self-interest over the interests of other nations or the international community, and thus may include threatening one another with military, economic or political aggression to protect one nation's own interest.
Techniques of power politics include:
deterrence theory
conspicuous weapons-development(including nuclear development)
pre-emptive strike
blackmail
the massing of military units on a border, whether for stationing or for exercises
the imposition of tariffs or economic sanctions
proxy warfare
bait and bleed and "bloodletting"
hard and soft balancing
buck passing
covert operations
shock and awe
asymmetric warfare
The concept of power politics provides a way of understanding systems of international relations: in this view, nations compete for the world's limited resources and it is to an individual nation's advantage to be manifestly able to harm others. Power politics prioritizesnational self-interest over the interests of other nations or the international community, and thus may include threatening one another with military, economic or political aggression to protect one nation's own interest.
Techniques of power politics include:
deterrence theory
conspicuous weapons-development(including nuclear development)
pre-emptive strike
blackmail
the massing of military units on a border, whether for stationing or for exercises
the imposition of tariffs or economic sanctions
proxy warfare
bait and bleed and "bloodletting"
hard and soft balancing
buck passing
covert operations
shock and awe
asymmetric warfare
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