Great power competiton

• Great power-Sovereign state that is recognized

as having the ability and expertise to exert its
influence on a global scale.
• Characteristic of great power-
 Military strength
 Economic strength
 Diplomatic and soft power
 Great power competition
• Recent trend in great power-
 Multipolar structure
 Shifting global hegemony
 Near-peer competition strategy on great
power practice
 Domestic affairs effect on great power practice
 Great power competition
• Consequence of great power competition-
 Uncertainties in international security
 Threat to international security
 Re-shaping the international relation between
middle and small power countries
 Threat to large-scale interventions by great
power.