... In addition, U.S claims that they are capable to commanding and fighting two large-scale wars in two different locations simultaneously. U.S is the only state that is capable to project their military forces world widely, in term of militarypower; U.S capability should not be questioned. U.S Economics Power In late 80's, the United States faced powerful, competitive economies in Japan and Germany. ... not mean that Washington can have its way on all issues all times. But, most countries would cooperate with the U.S foreign strategy rather than challenge it. One example is U.S-Japan secu...

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... the world will not hold armed threats against America. With a break into the globalization era, Americans believe that global strength comes with a more powerful economy instead of the past, when military power was thought to be the key to world domination (American Opinion 1). With the recent terrorist act on the World Trade Center, America has taken a stand against terrorist groups in ... , and also protecting the weaker nations against the aggression of other foreign countries (3). The economy is believed to have the biggest part in suggesting whether or not a country is a world power....

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... and if necessary, to change the behavior of others to make this happen (4). According to Nye there are three types of power. The first two are military power and economic power. These are examples of hard command power, which the government has a good amount of control over. The third is a phenomenon in ... power came back to haunt us. On the flip side, soft power has gained us much popularity among other countries, which leads to many different benefits. Foreign citizens want to attend our universities, watch our movies, buy our products and live the American dream. Our soft power, in a...

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... in the main spheres of peoples lives, thus becoming the benign hegemon of the new millennium. Today the USA is presented as a soft power [2], a military power and an economical power. In the 1999 Hubert Vedrine, the French foreign Minister argued that the USA has expanded beyond the notion of the superpower of the twentieth century [3]. After the Second World War through the ... across the globe idolize American education, therefore go there to finish their studies [4]. From Josef Joffe's, a German journalist, point of view America's soft power is even more influential then it's militar...

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... . Balance of power became a global and multicentric phenomenon instead of confining to Europe and only being unicentric. Collective defense also became international phenomenon with Asian nations getting importance. Institutions like foreign policy, diplomacy, war etc were subjected to democrization. Discovery of nuclear weapons and phenomenon of Cold War originated. Today, many of the foundations of the interstate system are being challenged ... , along with technological changes, will continue to blur the distinction between nations and the importance of national borders. Other scholars...

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