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Power & World Politics

The concept of power is not only limited to political scientists but it is often found in the works of historians, philosophers, sociologists, and psychologists. However, the relation of power strongly remains and associates with political sciences. The concept of political power is one of the fundamentals in political science. Political power can be seen as a key phenomenon of policy, the axis around which a political society revolves as political power is a form of social power.

At the broadest sense of the word, power means right to dispose of someone with the development and complexity of social and political relationships and the transformation power in society. Political power is one of the most important types of public authorities as well as with its help to make binding decisions for all areas of public life. Political power is the ability and the opportunity to exercise the will of anyone in politics. Moreover, a decisive influence on the behavior of individuals, groups, society through a variety of resources: coercion, persuasion, encouragement, containment, law, traditions, etc (Kochler, 2006).

Political power is one of the most difficult to grasp the phenomena of social life. Currently, among researchers there is no consensus on the definition of the nature and sources of power. In political and sociological literature, there are several basic concepts of power. Some researchers in the determination of the authorities use the substantial approach. The essence of this approach is that the emphasis is placed on the primary basis, which is based on phenomenon.

For a long time, world political power was equated solely with the government. However, as the complexity of social life and the social and political structures, there is a complication. The world politics is much broader in today's world as it includes many contributions from various socio-political organizations, parties, and trade unions (Kochler, 2006).

Nature of Power - U.S. War in Vietnam & Soviet War in Afghanistan

The U.S war in Vietnam and the Soviet war in Afghanistan are similarly characterized due to many reasons. Moreover, the loss of both the superpowers in the designated war was due to such conditions, which were hard to overcome. The reasons attached to the defeat of both the super powers were due to many internal and external factors.

The internal factors associated with the nature of power in the war were similar, as the weaker countries implemented different power tactics. Although the countries were weaker in power, they employed tactics that were uncontrollable by the super powers. The weaker countries implemented Guerrilla tactics, which were hard to overcome by the military superpowers (Turner, 2005). Moreover, the external factors that influenced the defeat to both the superpowers were that many other external factors influenced the wars, as the wars were influenced by the many outside countries. Moreover, the nature of power was hard to implement on the weaker countries during the war due to the restrictions such as manpower, transportation, resource, etc.

Nuclear Weapons & World Security

Nuclear weapons are unable to guarantee ...