YUMUŞAK GÜÇ YANILGISI

Abstract

Yumuşak güç kavramı sert güce alternatif olarak algılanır hale gelmiştir. Ancak yumuşak güç, sert gücün alternatifi olacak şekilde yumuşak bir güç olmayıp çoğu durumda ileri bir sanayi ülkesinin sert gücünün uzantısı olmaktadır. Uluslararası politikada güç bölünemez bir kavramdır. Yumuşak güçlerin tümünün aynı zamanda “sert güç” olması ve “sert güç” olmayan bir “yumuşak güç”ün bulunmaması günümüzdeki uluslararası sistemin gerçeklerini açık bir şekilde sergilemeye yeterli olmaktadır. Güç kavramında köklü bir değişim, ancak uluslararası sistemin de köklü bir değişimden geçmesi halinde mümkün olabilir. Kaldı ki, mevcut durumda yumuşak güç, gerçek anlamıyla güç kavramının gereklerini karşılayamamaktadır.

Keywords

• yumuşak güç
• hegomanya
• İngiltere
• ABD
• Soğuk savaş

SOFT POWER DELUSION

Abstract

Soft power has gained a status that the concept has been perceived as an alternative to hard power. Yet, soft power is not soft enough to become the alternative of the hard one as it is in most cases nothing more than the extension of hard power, namely an industrial advanced capitalist society. The fact that all of the soft powers are also hard powers and there is not any soft power that is not hard power are adequate enough to demonstrate the realities of the international systems of today. Power in international politics is an indivisible concept. There can only be a transformation in the power concept if there is a true transformation in the power centered logic of the international politics, yet currently soft power is not be able to meet the requirements of a true power concept.

Keywords

• soft power
• hegemony
• Great Britain
• U.S.
• The Cold War

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