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hard power will inevitably fail without soft powerReiffel, 5 (Lex, Visiting Fellow at the Global Economy and Development Center of the Brookings Institution, The Brookings Institution, Reaching Out: Americans Serving Overseas, 12-27-2005, www.brookings.edu/views/papers /20051207rieffel.pdf) Internal pressure to turn America's back on the rest of the world is likely to intensify……defined as all instruments involving any kind of armed military or police force. Prioritizing profits over human lives is an obstacle to hegemony-eliminating patents would increase the willingness of other nations to cooperate with U.S. strategic interests Fidler, 04 (The Harvard Environmental Law Review, Spring, 2004, 17 Harv. Hum. Rts. J. 99, U.S. FOREIGN POLICY AND HUMAN RIGHTS: ARTICLE: Fighting the Axis of Illness: HIV/AIDS, Human Rights, and U.S. Foreign Policy, NAME: David P. Fidler, Professor of Law and Ira C. Batman Faculty Fellow, Indiana University School of Law--Bloomington.). The hegemony dilemma does not mean that getting the United States to pay more attention to the global HIV/AIDS problem is impossible. …….the pandemic's potential to frustrate U.S. strategic interests in areas in which the United States, even as hegemon, needs cooperation, such as the war on terrorism and trade liberalization. Hard power isn’t sustainable without soft power-increased foreign assistance through programs like PEPFAR is vital to increasing US soft power Brainard and Schwartz, 6/12/2007 (Lael, Vice President and Director of Global Economy and Development at Brookings and Bernard, Chair in International Economies, “Foreign Assistance Reform: Successes, Failures, and Next Steps” Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, http://www.brookings.edu/views/testimony/20070612brainard.htm) In a world transformed by globalization and challenged by terrorism, foreign aid deserves attention as a critical instrument of American soft power …….most notably the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). The UN is the epitome of soft power and cooperation. Plan would bolster US credibility Shashi Tharoor, UN Undersecretary-General for Communications and Public Information, Foreign Affairs, September/October 2003, “Why America Still Needs the United Nations,” http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20030901faessay82505-p10/shashi-tharoor/why-america-still-needs-the-united-nations.html The United Nations is the preeminent institution of multilateralism. ….When the UN Security Council passes a resolution, it is seen as speaking for (and in the interests of) humanity as a whole, and in so doing it confers a legitimacy that is respected by the world's governments, and usually by their publics. Soft Power key to leadership and is sustainable over timeThayer, 2007 (Bradley A., “American Empire: A Debate”, Routledge, pp. 5-6)The preferred instrument of the United States is to control indirectly, through countries that share its ideology and want to align their country with the United States. …..If countries share the same goals and have the same expectations about the same international politics, then cooperation between them will be easier. The collapse of U.S. leadership would spark wars around the globeBrookes – Senior Fellow at the Heritage Foundation – 7-4-2006 (Peter, New York Post, “Why They Need Us: Imagine a World Without America,” http://www.heritage.org/Press/Commentary/ed070406a.cfm) For all the worldwide whining and bellyaching about the United States, today - America's 230th birthday - provides an opportune time for them to consider for just a moment what the world might be like without good ol' Uncle Sam. …….But let us never forget, especially today, that despite the name-calling, the jeers, the petty jealousies, we're the envy of the world - and rightfully so. The fact is that no matter what anyone says: No country has given so much to so many so often - while asking for so little in return - for so little gratitude than this great country of ours.
Thayer, 2007 (Bradley A., “American Empire: A Debate”, Routledge)Third, our allies like Australia, Great Britain, Japan, Kuwait, Israel, and Thailand are protected by American military might…. Other states know this and, usually, that is sufficient to deter aggression against the allies of the United States. Advantage Three: U.S./Thailand Relations SUPPORTING GENERIC ARVs IS CRITICAL TO SOLVE THE COLLAPSE OF US-THAI RELATIONS Ashley Wills, 5-11-2007, Ambassador Ashley Wills is former Assistant United States Trade Representative (USTR) for South Asia, Bangkok Post, “Thailand and the US: Back from the brink,” http://www.readbangkokpost.com/business/pharmaceuticals/bot_watching_natural_or_danger_1.php In recent weeks, Thailand has been feuding with government and industry officials in the United States….. we should take steps now to put aside these recent differences. It is in the interest of both nations for their government ministers to come to agreeable terms quickly and in good faith.
The mutual security agreements still continue to remain strong today. …….New and mutually beneficial areas of cooperation between the two countries should be sought out. US ENGAGEMENT IN ASIA IS CRITICAL TO PREVENT ASIAN PROLIFERATION Ashley J. Tellis, April 2000, Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, specializing in international security, defense, and Asian strategic issues, B.A., M.A.; University of Bombay; M.A., Ph.D., The University of Chicago, “Smoke, Fire, and What to Do in Asia,” http://www.policyreview.org/apr00/tellis_print.html I believe that the commitment to U.S. regional preeminence remains the best solution to our multiple national security interests in Asia. …….a hegemonic strategy, whereby the U.S. continues to provide local security, remains the best strategy — not because it is by any means risk-free but because it is better than all the alternatives.
Further, the large number of states that became capable of building nuclear weapons over the years, but chose not to, can be reasonably well explained by the fact that most were formally allied with either the United States or the Soviet Union. Both these superpowers had strong nuclear forces and put great pressure on their allies not to build nuclear weapons. ……….every once in a while we will all gather on a hill to bury the bodies of dead cities or even whole nations. Directory: file -> view view -> Western Europe after wwii view -> Author study: paul fleischman view -> Qpa1 7ela study Guide view -> Arctic Oil/Gas Neg view -> November 1970 Approximately 150,000-500,000 deaths Bhola Cyclone Bangladesh view -> Grade Level: 6 Unit of Study: Caribbean glce view -> Citation: Duffield, Katy view -> Table of Contents Lesson # view -> Chinese Wind Energy Disad Download 2.81 Mb. Share with your friends:
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