military industrial complex
The comfortable relationship between the military, the federal government and the defense contractors that produce weapons and equipment for war. The term was immortalized by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in his farewell address to the nation on January 17, 1961. In the speech, Eisenhower cites the military-industrial complex as a warning to the American people [...]
soft power
The ability to obtain what one wants through co-option rather than the use of coercion. The phrase was first coined by Joseph Nye of Harvard University in the late 1980s and is now widely used in international affairs. From Nye’s book, Soft Power: The Means to Success in World Politics: “Soft power lies in the [...]