Meaning of hard power | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The use of military and economic means to influence the behavior or interests of other political bodies.
   countable, uncountable
2. A state having this kind of power.
   countable, uncountable

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Examples

“But even as America’s allies see⟳ our interests converging and the most successful military alliance in the history of the world restores its commitments to hard power, the previous Administration’s shameful hesitation and half-measures threaten⟳ to give⟳ way to something even more disgraceful: the obstinate denial of America’s security interest⟳ in Ukraine’s success.”

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