ABSTRACT
The USA exercises power through a range of instruments. At one end of the spectrum is military power, but this can be a sign of policy failure as force is not effective in the long term. Other instruments include aid, which is used not just for humanitarian relief, but to influence government policy in recipient countries.
“He that gives good admonition and bad example, builds with one hand and pulls down with the other.”
Francis Bacon English Philosopher (1561–1626)