Which is an example of hard power? a. political treaties b. foreign aid c. economic sanctions d. trade agreements

Hard power refers to the use of military actions and economic sanctions to pressure or to influence in a foreign nation. Conversely, soft power means the use of diplomacy and culture for establishing international agreements. Thus, the right answer is the option "economic sanctions" and a good example are the economic sanctions set by the U.S. to Venezuela, because the U.S. does not recognize the last presidential election held in Venezuela.

Explanation:

Using economic and military means to influence and subvert the behaviour of other political parties is known as Hard Power. This form of power is aggressive and is immediately effective when imposed on other political body.  It is opposite of soft power, countries practising soft power use diplomacy , history and culture to achieve their goals. Hard power is also called as carrot ans stick policy, carrot stand for the economic lures and stick for military threats. .

when in doubt choose c

it's what my teacher told my class when we were going into psats