soft power

Protests against police brutality and systemic racism highlight what is seen as the United States’ accelerated decline.

We should be skeptical toward claims that the pandemic changes everything. China won’t benefit, and the United States will remain preeminent.

The outbreak has caused a PR crisis for China.

The decline in U.S. soft power didn’t start with Trump, but he accelerated it this week with his racist tweets.

Iran’s ties with its proxies are far deeper than the Trump administration understands.

What a late-night meal in Italy taught me about U.S. power in the Arab world.

Merkel and Macron come out far ahead in a new Pew Research survey.

Soft power is out; sharp power is in. Here's how to win the new influence wars.

Joseph Nye’s concept lost relevance, but China could bring it back.

President Donald Trump is learning that, just because the United States is powerful, that doesn’t mean it can push other countries around.

The United States has become identified with the global internet economy — for better and worse.

The secretary of state has held on for a year, but it’s too late for his tenure to end well.

How to solve the Korean crisis through the power of kitschy, hyperpatriotic pop music.

The United States is more unpopular than ever before, and that’s no accident.

The United States slips behind France and the U.K. in this year’s soft-power ranking.

Beijing's funding dozens of new rail routes as part of its global ambitions — and losing money on every one. So what's the long game?

A growing number of Confucius Institutes are importing Chinese censorship into U.S. campuses.

Bad habits and stale thinking have subordinated Foggy Bottom to the Pentagon and NSC. Here’s what needs to change.

The United States’ international broadcasters work because they produce real journalism, not government spin. That could change — just in time for Trump.

Military power will win battles in Syria and Iraq, but only soft power can win the war.