"Soft power" is a hot topic in Washington, D.C. these days. The question: Has Donald Trump 's gutting of foreign aid meant a diminishment of soft power. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) accused the ...

Since its conceptualisation in the 1980s by Joseph Nye, the term ‘soft power’–the ability of states to persuade others to do what they want without force or coercion–has been widely invoked in foreign ...

Donald Trump is seeking almost $100m (£74m) from the American taxpayer to develop the new weapon, according to a clause ...

A drone struck the Barakah nuclear power plant, the only civil nuclear facility in the Arab Gulf states, the UAE confirmed on Sunday. It hit a generator on the plant's perimeter and caused no ...

Backlash grows among European staff against radical cuts to pay off Covid-era debt, with some accusing council of ‘colonial attitude’ ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. CEO, author of forthcoming book SMART POWER & host of POWER PLAY pod. Americans embarked on two soft power initiatives to ...

“Hard power is a willingness to fight – and any idiot can do that.” One of the things that distinguishes soft power from hard power is that the former is a two-way relationship. The point of hard ...