If the United States and other nations persist in engaging with China within the realm of public diplomacy, China might be nudged toward increased openness. This could enable the newest superpower to continue to rely on soft power.
Lyric Hughes Hale | Posted 04.23.2012
The Arab Spring will span many, many seasons. Free speech is a necessary but not sufficient condition to create better government, long-term stability and better economic opportunities in the developing world.
Philip Seib | Posted 04.12.2012
NATO is like the Tyrannosaurus Rex -- a fearsome fighter wielding unmatchable hard power. Of course, for the Tyrannosaurus hard power was not enough. It became extinct. NATO is still with us... for now.
Christopher Holshek | Posted 05.22.2012
Americans are at one of the most significant crossroads in their history. If we're still the leader of the world, or still want to be, then we as a nation need to act like more like a leader and less like a bully because, quite frankly, we can't get away with it anymore.
Jack Healey | Posted 05.20.2012
It seemed that state violence as a vehicle for change was back in fashion. But did either of these conflicts produce clear-cut positive results? Hardly. Far more hopeful have been the recent stories out of Myanmar and the Arab world.
Philip Seib | Posted 04.30.2012
Soft power is precious because it is built upon trust earned over time. But trust requires a willingness to listen. Real friendship cannot survive in a one-way street, but thrives on mutuality and exchange.
Shai Baitel | Posted 04.22.2012
Geographically, Iran may be far away from the Americas but its growing presence in Venezuela is a serious danger. It is not a joke.
Ann Lee | Posted 02.12.2012
Education is the most important foundation that the U.S. can invest in, and test scores across the country are rapidly falling behind the rest of the world. Instead of having children aspire to become reality television stars.
Tom Doctoroff | Posted 01.28.2012
China will not easily capture hearts and minds. They will be an economic superpower only. The Chinese are ethnocentric and in large ways and small, an instinct to narrowly defend interests can be off putting.
Linda Constant | Posted 01.14.2012
Governmental cultural diplomacy can sometimes come off as forced or out-of-touch, but K-pop is an authentic reflection and spectacle of youth culture that is impressively close to the pulse of the "global cool."
Philip Seib | Posted 12.19.2011
For much of the past decade, "soft power" has been touted as a means for making foreign policy more effective by emphasizing enticement rather than coercion, conversation rather than conflict.
William S. Becker | Posted 10.08.2011
If the military achieves its energy efficiency and renewable energy goals, we'll see significant environmental benefits from the world's largest institutional energy consumer.
Derek Shearer | Posted 08.30.2011
Despite monumental world events, foreign policy will not play much if any role in the presidential race in 2012. The American voting public is not very concerned with what is happening in most areas of the world. They are rightly concerned about the state of the American economy and the state of US society as they experience it in their daily lives. For this reason alone, President Obama needs a tougher and clearer economic message. It's not just the economy, stupid; it's how you talk about it that matters in politics. Sadly, I don't expect the Obama White House or his current re-election team to get religion on that front anytime soon.
Ryan McDermott | Posted 07.31.2011
A Soldier's Dream: Captain Travis Patriquin and the Awakening of Iraq highlights the efforts of one soldier whose dream helped capture the momentum of the Sunni "Awakening" in Iraq in 2006.
Foreign Policy | Posted 06.14.2011
Last week, U.S. President Barack Obama and Congress struggled until the 11th hour to agree on budget cuts that would avert a government shutdown. The ...
Christopher Holshek | Posted 05.25.2011
As we reflect on this moment, it is worth remembering our moral power is even more relevant in this century than the last -- our foreign policy and national security structures must finally reflect this.
Joseph Nye | Posted 05.25.2011
An information world will require new policies that combine hard and soft power resources into smart power strategies. This is proving a difficult task as the administration tries to walk a tightrope in the Middle East today.
Joseph Nye | Posted 05.25.2011
The summit served a useful purpose in improving atmospherics. Obama said the US welcomed the rise of China (something I remember hearing Bill Clinton ...
Pat Kane | Posted 05.25.2011
For those of us who have marveled (and sometimes quivered) at the truly revolutionary power of the internet, the current Wikileaks furore is the point where all the hype and idealism hits the hard reality of global politics.
John Brown | Posted 05.25.2011
China and India's public diplomacy activities have grown extensively in our new century, even as the United States is seemingly abandoning the foreign policy tool.
Roberto Ramos | Posted 05.25.2011
Plenty has been written about the decline of the United States vis-à-vis the rise of the rest of the world, especially the emerging economic power ce...
Nick Cull | Posted 05.25.2011
Although pavilions are expected to respond to the grand theme, a national pavilion at an Expo has traditionally been a microcosm of the society it represents.
Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett | Posted 05.25.2011
In relative terms, the United States is becoming less capable of achieving its stated policy objectives in the Middle East and the Islamic Republic is becoming more capable of achieving its objectives.
Rob Kall | Posted 05.25.2011
The game the right and their corporate media enablers are playing goes like this. "We support religious freedom but these nasty Muslims are not being sensitive to the feelings of the 911 survivors.
DK Matai | Posted 05.25.2011
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Philip Seib | Posted 05.29.2012