Power & Interdependence May 2026

Traditional international relations often focus on "high politics" (security and survival). Keohane and Nye introduced to describe a world where:

: Among modern, industrialised democracies, the cost of using force is high and its utility for solving economic or ecological problems is low. II. Power in an Interdependent World Power & Interdependence

: How quickly and intensely changes in one country affect another. For example, a sudden rise in oil prices immediately impacts all importing nations. Power & Interdependence