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What Is Power in International Relations?

Power is defined as a set of particular attributes that people use in their interactions and the social processes that determine the
various identities and abilities of these people playing the power. Most players in international relations have had multiple definitions
of power, such as American political scientist Joseph Nye Jr., who defined power as "the ability to influence the behaviors of others
to get the desired outcome." Likewise, historical theorists have conceptualized power as a goal, an influence, security, and
capability.

Power is one of those things that is hard to define accurately, but you know what it looks like or feels
like. You can compare power to love, think back to your first serious crush and all the intense
feelings that it stirred up inside you. It was probably hard to put into words how exactly you felt, and
you, like so many others, may have frantically began googling

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