American soft power recovered after low points during the Vietnam and Iraq wars, as well as during Trump’s first term. But ...

Soft Power. Hard Power. America is master of both. America’s soft power flows from Hollywood, Brands, Corporations, ...

Nye’s signature ideas — soft power, the liberal order, ethical realism — are artifacts of an age that is over.

President Donald Trump has never been a fan of soft power. He much prefers the hard stuff: tough diplomacy, throwing around the weight of American might. In keeping with this ethos, Trump has made ...

The first two are hard power; attraction is soft power. In the short term, hard power usually trumps soft power. But over the long term, soft power often prevails. Joseph Stalin is said to have ...

Rather, we need to distinguish between three overlapping but distinct forms of power: hard, soft and sharp. These three concepts of power are more than just academic abstractions. They are real ...

The debate over free trade should include more than the costs of Trump's tariffs versus the value of cheaper stuff.

WASHINGTON - Not many would know that former Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) dean Joseph Nye, who famously coined the term “soft power” in international relations, played a role in Singapore’s decision ...

Joseph Nye passed away 6 May 2025 at the age of 88. He is widely known for the concept of ‘soft power’ in 1990 which is ...

As Indian parliamentarians tour the globe to set the record straight on Op Sindoor and Indian democracy, there are points to ...

Zelensky subsequently used the soft power of attraction to win foreign support and increase Ukraine’s hard power of military might. The result of Putin’s invasion was to strengthen Ukraine’s national ...

Power is the ability to get others to do what you want. That can be accomplished by coercion (“sticks”), payment (“carrots”), and attraction (“honey”). The first two methods are forms of hard power, ...