Economic power is important but doesn't always translate to or correlates with political power. Fortunately or not, it's not so simple. The USA and China are both politically and economically huge, and that might incline to talk about these powers as interrelated and about the need of economic power to back the political one. But in terms of economic power, Japan is the world's third economy, but it's political power is almost nonexistent. Russia, on the other hand, has a smaller economy than Canada or France but seems to have more political power, mainly by posing as a representative of the former Soviet Union and by doing things countries nowadays don't allow themselves to do. Yes, both of them are not the same but I think political power is more important because a country is run by politicians right? And if they are great at doing their duties then we can expect that the economy of the country will also become more powerful. I agree that Japans economic power is great but this wouldn't be possible if the political power they have is weak or non-existent. Maybe you just miss calculate them? Or we don't only noticed it because USA and China are mostly in the headlines and people are mostly focusing on them in terms of politics. Russia has more political power than Canada and France but they don't earn it a fair way. That was still unimpressive. The case of Japan is interesting, both the US and China are interested on increasing their influence on their regions and all over the world as well, however Japan has always been more concentrated on their domestic affairs so they may give the impression they do not hold as much political power, but the truth is that they simply choose not to use it, while Russia which has never been one of the top economies of the world is willing to exert its influence by means which are thought to be illegitimate by the international community.
Economic power is important but doesn't always translate to or correlates with political power. Fortunately or not, it's not so simple. The USA and China are both politically and economically huge, and that might incline to talk about these powers as interrelated and about the need of economic power to back the political one. But in terms of economic power, Japan is the world's third economy, but it's political power is almost nonexistent. Russia, on the other hand, has a smaller economy than Canada or France but seems to have more political power, mainly by posing as a representative of the former Soviet Union and by doing things countries nowadays don't allow themselves to do. Yes, both of them are not the same but I think political power is more important because a country is run by politicians right? And if they are great at doing their duties then we can expect that the economy of the country will also become more powerful. I agree that Japans economic power is great but this wouldn't be possible if the political power they have is weak or non-existent. Maybe you just miss calculate them? Or we don't only noticed it because USA and China are mostly in the headlines and people are mostly focusing on them in terms of politics. Russia has more political power than Canada and France but they don't earn it a fair way. That was still unimpressive. The case of Japan is interesting, both the US and China are interested on increasing their influence on their regions and all over the world as well, however Japan has always been more concentrated on their domestic affairs so they may give the impression they do not hold as much political power, but the truth is that they simply choose not to use it, while Russia which has never been one of the top economies of the world is willing to exert its influence by means which are thought to be illegitimate by the international community.

Economic power is important but doesn't always translate to or correlates with political power. Fortunately or not, it's not so simple. The USA and China are both politically and economically huge, and that might incline to talk about these powers as interrelated and about the need of economic power to back the political one. But in terms of economic power, Japan is the world's third economy, but it's political power is almost nonexistent. Russia, on the other hand, has a smaller economy than Canada or France but seems to have more political power, mainly by posing as a representative of the former Soviet Union and by doing things countries nowadays don't allow themselves to do. Yes, both of them are not the same but I think political power is more important because a country is run by politicians right? And if they are great at doing their duties then we can expect that the economy of the country will also become more powerful. I agree that Japans economic power is great but this wouldn't be possible if the political power they have is weak or non-existent. Maybe you just miss calculate them? Or we don't only noticed it because USA and China are mostly in the headlines and people are mostly focusing on them in terms of politics. Russia has more political power than Canada and France but they don't earn it a fair way. That was still unimpressive. The case of Japan is interesting, both the US and China are interested on increasing their influence on their regions and all over the world as well, however Japan has always been more concentrated on their domestic affairs so they may give the impression they do not hold as much political power, but the truth is that they simply choose not to use it, while Russia which has never been one of the top economies of the world is willing to exert its influence by means which are thought to be illegitimate by the international community.

Economic power is important but doesn't always translate to or correlates with political power. Fortunately or not, it's not so simple. The USA and China are both politically and economically huge, and that might incline to talk about these powers as interrelated and about the need of economic power to back the political one. But in terms of economic power, Japan is the world's third economy, but it's political power is almost nonexistent. Russia, on the other hand, has a smaller economy than Canada or France but seems to have more political power, mainly by posing as a representative of the former Soviet Union and by doing things countries nowadays don't allow themselves to do. Yes, both of them are not the same but I think political power is more important because a country is run by politicians right? And if they are great at doing their duties then we can expect that the economy of the country will also become more powerful. I agree that Japans economic power is great but this wouldn't be possible if the political power they have is weak or non-existent. Maybe you just miss calculate them? Or we don't only noticed it because USA and China are mostly in the headlines and people are mostly focusing on them in terms of politics. Russia has more political power than Canada and France but they don't earn it a fair way. That was still unimpressive. The case of Japan is interesting, both the US and China are interested on increasing their influence on their regions and all over the world as well, however Japan has always been more concentrated on their domestic affairs so they may give the impression they do not hold as much political power, but the truth is that they simply choose not to use it, while Russia which has never been one of the top economies of the world is willing to exert its influence by means which are thought to be illegitimate by the international community.