IJPSPA International Journal of Political Science and Public Administration 2788-8983 SvedbergOpen ijpspa-1-1-004 10.51483/IJPSPA.1.1.2021.26-30 Short Communication Power in international relations: with special reference to soft power ChapagainDip Mala 1 * 1Department of International Relations and Diplomacy, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Nepal. E-mail: chapagaindipmala@gmail.com *Corresponding author: Dip Mala Chapagain, Department of International Relations and Diplomacy, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Nepal. E-mail: chapagaindipmala@gmail.com 06 2021 1 1 26 30 Abstract

The global-political history shows that countries have always been competing amongst and against one another for power. The paper briefly defines the concept of power; tries to analyze the means and their effects in shaping the capacity of an actor to exercise power; and tries to access the relevance of power in international relations. Moreover, the paper distinguishes soft power from hard power and goes further to analyze the aspects central to the constituting of soft power. The researcher has consulted books and journals in the related subject for the research. The researcher’s analysis shows that, in soft power, it is necessary to value other’s emotive factors rather than laying emphasis just on tangible resources that one has. The researcher has then built upon the concept of appealing notable presence as the central element in soft power and concluded by defining soft power on the premises built in the paper itself.

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