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Power

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Power is the ability to exercise one's will over others, whether or not those affected agree it should be exercised.

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A government imposing sanctions to force a policy change exercises power regardless of the target nation's consent.

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Power is not the same as force, and is not held only by governments; any actor able to exercise will over others has it.

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