faces of power has some relevance for the study of international relations.
The first face, focused on decision making with respect to specific issues, is on view anytime the foreign policy makers of one country try to influence decision making in another country.
The second face is illustrated whenever an agenda item is suppressed by some countries despite the desires of other countries. And an example of the third face might be the (alleged) ability of the United States to get other countries to embrace the ‘Washington consensus’ or ‘neo‐liberal economic views.’ This third face of power is closely related to Nye’s concept of ‘soft power’ and to Antonio Gramsci’s idea of ‘hegemony.’ (Lukes,2005, 2007).