hard power

Noun

Meaning

(politics) The use of military and economic means to influence the behavior or interests of other political bodies.

A state having this kind of power.

Examples

But there comes a time when soft power or talking with evil will not work where, unfortunately, hard power is the only thing that works. Colin Powell

There is nothing in American experience or in American political life or in our culture that suggests we want to use hard power. Colin Powell

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