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daal: The main issue is that this essay isn't isolated in its attempts to define (and perhaps overstate, in my opinion) the difference between US "hard power" and Chinese "influence/soft power" through metaphors. It also resonates with a lot of the Cold War stuff on Soviet strategic thought, in that ...

First off, huge disclaimer: I know more about political theory and international relations than about go, so paradoxically on a go forum, I'll try to keep the go to a minimum.

I'd agree with Shinkenjoe, the choice of go seems a bit arbitrary. Applying go concepts to international politics might be ...