Sharpening sharp power: a reconceptualisation to understand foreign interference in non-liberal democratic states
This paper attempts to account for foreign interference in non-liberal democratic states where existing concepts of state influence cannot. Specifically, it argues for a conceptual expansion of sharp power by introducing the new sub-concept of indirect sharp power, where states with non-democratic i...
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| author | Yeo, Jong Han |
| author2 | Dylan Loh Ming Hui |
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| description | This paper attempts to account for foreign interference in non-liberal democratic states where existing concepts of state influence cannot. Specifically, it argues for a conceptual expansion of sharp power by introducing the new sub-concept of indirect sharp power, where states with non-democratic institutions are externally manipulated into making choices that benefit the initiator. To validate the existence of various types of sharp power, the paper will undertake a comparative analysis of Chinese foreign interference in Australia and Singapore. In doing so, the paper elucidates how foreign interference materialises in illiberal states and finds that institutional structures of the target state are central to determining the type of sharp power it receives. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1592622023-03-05T15:45:42Z Sharpening sharp power: a reconceptualisation to understand foreign interference in non-liberal democratic states Yeo, Jong Han Dylan Loh Ming Hui School of Social Sciences dylan@ntu.edu.sg Social sciences::Political science This paper attempts to account for foreign interference in non-liberal democratic states where existing concepts of state influence cannot. Specifically, it argues for a conceptual expansion of sharp power by introducing the new sub-concept of indirect sharp power, where states with non-democratic institutions are externally manipulated into making choices that benefit the initiator. To validate the existence of various types of sharp power, the paper will undertake a comparative analysis of Chinese foreign interference in Australia and Singapore. In doing so, the paper elucidates how foreign interference materialises in illiberal states and finds that institutional structures of the target state are central to determining the type of sharp power it receives. Bachelor of Social Sciences in Public Policy and Global Affairs 2022-06-11T13:33:41Z 2022-06-11T13:33:41Z 2022 Final Year Project (FYP) Yeo, J. H. (2022). Sharpening sharp power: a reconceptualisation to understand foreign interference in non-liberal democratic states. Final Year Project (FYP), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/159262 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/159262 en HA21_21 application/pdf Nanyang Technological University |
| spellingShingle | Social sciences::Political science Yeo, Jong Han Sharpening sharp power: a reconceptualisation to understand foreign interference in non-liberal democratic states |
| title | Sharpening sharp power: a reconceptualisation to understand foreign interference in non-liberal democratic states |
| title_full | Sharpening sharp power: a reconceptualisation to understand foreign interference in non-liberal democratic states |
| title_fullStr | Sharpening sharp power: a reconceptualisation to understand foreign interference in non-liberal democratic states |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sharpening sharp power: a reconceptualisation to understand foreign interference in non-liberal democratic states |
| title_short | Sharpening sharp power: a reconceptualisation to understand foreign interference in non-liberal democratic states |
| title_sort | sharpening sharp power a reconceptualisation to understand foreign interference in non liberal democratic states |
| topic | Social sciences::Political science |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/159262 |
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