Joseph Nye coined the phrase 'soft power' to describe anation's ability to attract and persuade. Whereas hard power - theability to coerce - grows out of a country's military or economicmight, soft power arises from the attractiveness of its culture,political ideals and policies. Hard power remains crucial in aworld of states trying to guard their independence and of non-stategroups willing to turn to violence. But as a new administration -whether Republican or Democrat - maps out its foreign policy, Nyeemphasizes the importance of husbanding our military power andnurturing our soft power. It is soft power that will help preventterrorists from recruiting supporters from among the moderatemajority. And it is soft power that will help the United Statesdeal with critical global issues that require multilateralcooperation.
【作者简介】
Joseph Nye former dean of the Kennedy School of Government atHarvard University, was Chairman of the National IntelligenceCouncil and an Assistant Secretary of Defense in the Clintonadministration. He is the author of several works of non-fictionincluding The Paradox of American Power and Bound to Lead, as wellas one novel, The Power Game.
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