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In international relations, soft and hard power are the forms of influence that a country utilizes in dealing with other nations. Soft power is a persuasive approach, and hard power is a coercive approach.

The social sciences are a set of academic disciplines that study the behavior of humans as members of societies, as well as the nature and dynamics of social interactions and social relationships between individuals, groups, and institutions that comprise society. The social sciences consist of a very broad and diverse collection of academic fields, including sociology, archaeology and anthropology, history, psychology, economics, business administration, political science, geography, women’s studies, and ethnic studies.