Essays about: "Charlotte Perlaky"

Found 1 essay containing the words Charlotte Perlaky.

  1. 1. When Words Become Weapons : Embarking on the soft/hard power debate with the case of the ROK-Japanese territorial dispute over the Dokdo/Takeshima Islands

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Charlotte Perlaky; [2021]
    Keywords : soft power; hard power; representational force; physical force; ROK-Japan relations; Dokdo Takeshima Islands;

    Abstract : With the aim to embark on the theoretical debate on soft and hard power, this study uses the territorial dispute between the ROK and Japan over the Dokdo/Takeshima Islands to illustrate how the common scholarly understanding of the two power concepts are incorrect and misleading. While soft power and hard power are commonly recognized as two antithetical types of power within the theoretical debate, I argue that they are in fact linked and cannot be divided into separate forms of power. READ MORE