Smart power as a constituent of modern political processes

Thus, in the era of globalization and increased geopolitical competition tools of «soft» power was regarded by politicians and theorists as an important foreign policy resource power of the country that claims to be the world center of power pole or, in other words the status of a modern great power...

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Main Authors: Oleg Tkach, Anatoly Tkach
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Language:English
Published: Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv 2016-09-01
Series:Американська історія і політика
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Online Access:http://www.americanstudies.history.knu.ua/en/smart-power-as-a-constituent-of-modern-political-processes/
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description Thus, in the era of globalization and increased geopolitical competition tools of «soft» power was regarded by politicians and theorists as an important foreign policy resource power of the country that claims to be the world center of power pole or, in other words the status of a modern great power. In modern terms «soft power» should be considered the focus of global socio-political, economic and cultural processes. They form a new, radically different from the past, the system of world politics, where classical hierarchical model of relations between political actors giving way to networks. Effective source of «soft power» strategy is the development of the state, identification efficiency ideology and values, the power of social policy model, model development, implementation capacity main line and strategy, which cements the power of the people, the creative force of the nation, culture and charm of the impact force in international relations. In particular, sports are part of the package of tools used by states that are helping to mark their soft power strategy in the context of smart power. Thus, Sport acts ideal form of implementation of this strategy, because it is characterized by appeals to universal values and the ability to «bonding» divisions in society, especially attracts potential hosts events and the global community, and is the key policies of attracting (politics of attraction). Therefore, in this era of information revolution attractiveness factor will be more important than a crushing military advantage.
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spelling doaj.art-c7d77f26cff84133acf86d9749dbcb8c2023-12-30T22:55:47ZengTaras Shevchenko National University of KyivАмериканська історія і політика2521-17062521-17142016-09-01225225910.17721/2521-1706.2016.02.252-259Smart power as a constituent of modern political processesOleg Tkach0Anatoly Tkach1Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, UkraineUniversity «Ukraine», Kyiv, UkraineThus, in the era of globalization and increased geopolitical competition tools of «soft» power was regarded by politicians and theorists as an important foreign policy resource power of the country that claims to be the world center of power pole or, in other words the status of a modern great power. In modern terms «soft power» should be considered the focus of global socio-political, economic and cultural processes. They form a new, radically different from the past, the system of world politics, where classical hierarchical model of relations between political actors giving way to networks. Effective source of «soft power» strategy is the development of the state, identification efficiency ideology and values, the power of social policy model, model development, implementation capacity main line and strategy, which cements the power of the people, the creative force of the nation, culture and charm of the impact force in international relations. In particular, sports are part of the package of tools used by states that are helping to mark their soft power strategy in the context of smart power. Thus, Sport acts ideal form of implementation of this strategy, because it is characterized by appeals to universal values and the ability to «bonding» divisions in society, especially attracts potential hosts events and the global community, and is the key policies of attracting (politics of attraction). Therefore, in this era of information revolution attractiveness factor will be more important than a crushing military advantage.http://www.americanstudies.history.knu.ua/en/smart-power-as-a-constituent-of-modern-political-processes/soft powersmart powerpolitical processglobal political space
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