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Those who believe that the West can adapt to Russian behavior, as Putin’s Western apologists suggest, risk contributing to further strategic escalation, because a soft approach will merely embolden the Kremlin.
The impact is most pronounced in African cities, where prices for white rice, frozen chicken, bread, butter, eggs, and even carbonated soft drinks are at least 24% higher than in other cities around the world.
Efforts to restrict people’s movement between countries expose the soft underbelly of globalization: the deepening gap between countries’ mean incomes.
Ultimately, however, Indonesia’s clout stems from its soft power.
The US prevailed not because of its military superiority, but because of its soft power, and because its hegemony was based not on coercion (though there was some of that, too), but largely on consent.
At around $30 a barrel, oil prices are remaining high even though a soft global economy means that world demand is low.
At the beginning of the 21st century, these two forces increased American power, particularly the ability to influence others through attractive, or what I call "soft" power.
Many organizations will have soft power of their own as they attract citizens into coalitions that cut across national boundaries.
While potential coalitions to check American power may be created, it is unlikely that they will become firm alliances unless the US handles its hard coercive power in an overbearing unilateral manner that undermines its "soft" or attractive power.
The interest the world has taken in America’s vote is the best example of America’s soft power, and a lesson in democracy from the world’s only superpower.
Despite the attractiveness of traditional Russian culture and Putin’s calls to boost Russian soft power, his bullying behavior has sown mistrust.
But an ideology of anti-liberalism and Russian nationalism is a poor source of the soft power that the country needs to increase its regional and global influence.
Complicating the picture more was a third item: soft Western music on the car's radio.
And certainly the election of the first African-American as president would do wonders to restore the soft power that the Bush administration squandered over the past eight years.
Some people worry that Obama might be good for American soft power, but not for its hard power.
When the exercise of hard power undercuts soft power, it makes leadership more difficult – as Bush found out after the invasion of Iraq.
But when it comes to the soft power skills of emotional intelligence, vision, and communication, Obama outranks McCain.
And, in terms of soft power, India has an established democracy, an influential diaspora, and a vibrant popular culture with transnational influence.
Indeed, even in terms of soft power, a recent study by the Portland Consultancy in London placed India outside the top 30 countries.
NEW DELHI – One major casualty of Donald Trump’s victory in the bruising US presidential election is, without a doubt, America’s soft power around the world.
Enter soft power.
As Nye put it, a country’s power rests on its “ability to alter the behavior of others” to get what it wants, whether through coercion (sticks), payments (carrots), or attraction (soft power).
Nye argues that a country’s soft power arises from “its culture (in places where it is attractive to others), its political values (when it lives up to them at home and abroad), and its foreign policies (when they are seen as legitimate and having moral authority.)”
Hard power is exercised; soft power is evoked.
In this sense, soft power acts as both an alternative and a complement to hard power.
But there are limits to a country’s soft power – even America’s.
America’s soft power declined sharply, demonstrating that how a country exercises its hard power affects how much soft power it can evoke.
In such an information age, Nye wrote, three types of countries are likely to gain soft power: “those whose dominant cultures and ideals are closer to prevailing global norms (which now emphasize liberalism, pluralism, autonomy); those with the most access to multiple channels of communication and thus more influence over how issues are framed; and those whose credibility is enhanced by their domestic and international performance.”
Nye has argued that, in an information age, soft power often accrues to the country with the better story.
But the story of America told in this election has deeply diminished the soft power the US evokes.
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