hard power
noun[U]
politicsspecializeduk/ˈhɑːd ˌpaʊər/us/ˈhɑːrdˌpaʊ.ɚ/the use of a country'smilitarypowertopersuadeothercountriesto do something,ratherthan the use ofculturaloreconomicinfluence:
军事实力,硬实力RecentopinionsurveyssuggestthatpeopleoutsidetheUnitedStatesquestionAmerican hardpower.最近的民意调查显示,美国以外的人对美国的硬实力表示怀疑。
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International relations: international politics & government
- accession
- airspace
- allied
- Anglo-American
- anti-Stalinist
- bipolar
- confederacy
- G7
- GATT
- Geneva Convention
- geopolitical
- internationalism
- internationalize
- multilateral
- pariah
- perestroika
- political asylum
- power politics
- prefect
- the G8
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