What's your favorite power? "Hard" or "Soft"? ... Well, it's not that simple ...

John Brown (from a Facebook entry)

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And now we have ... "Making the Hard Case for Soft Power" ...

The PDC is co-sponsoring a forum tomorrow (Monday) at 5:30, "Making the Hard Case for Soft Power" at American University's SIS Building, Founders Room. Speakers: Rep. Don Beyer, Dr. Esther Brimmer, CEO of NAFSA, and Mr. Jan Patrick Eckendorf, Cultural Attache at the German Embassy. ...
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And let's not forget "hard soft power” ...

Not-So-Soft Power: Russia’s Military Police in Syria

Earlier this month, in Syria’s Idlib governorate, 29 Russians found themselves encircled by fighters from the rebel front Tahrir al-Sham (which Moscow stil

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Pardon my being obscene, but I always try to keep my sense of humor re poli-sci terms: Here's my obscene (obsolete?) Adam-obsessed definition (in an age where "obscenity" has lost all meaning): "Soft power is the male organ after orgasm." · 

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Soft Power at its best

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