Language is a silent force of global supremacy, influencing cultures and shaping geopolitical power. From Hollywood to Confucius Institutes, nations strategically use language to extend their reach an ...

DANIEL IMMERWAHR, a historian of U.S. foreign policy at Northwestern University, on how suspicion about covert United States’ operations and soft power once being largely the purview of the left, has ...

If the Rorschach test was comprised of the American flag rather than inkblots, millions of people around the world likely ...

Soft power, a term popularized by political scientist Joseph Nye, former Dean of Harvard’s Kennedy School, refers to a country’s ability to influence others through cultural appeal, values, and diplom ...

The UAE has secured 10th place globally in the Global Soft Power Index 2025. The UAE's Nation Brand also witnessed a significant increase in its value from $ trillion to 1.223 trillion dollars in 2025 ...

By strategically aligning soft power expansion with a revival of traditional culture, the Chinese government leverages ...

President Donald J. Trump may have only just begun his second term on Jan. 20, 2025 — less than a month ago, as of this article's publication date — but both he, first lady Melania Trump and ...

President Donald Trump’s recent actions on foreign policy—from his efforts to gut a key international aid organization to his threats to impose tariffs on critical allies, to the allocation of power ...

On Windows 11 (and 10), PowerCFG is a command-line tool that has been around for years, allowing you to manage various aspects of power plans (also known as power schemes). Using this tool ...

How hard is your soft power? According to David Lammy, Britain’s soft power is so strong and underrated that he has decided to set up a ‘soft power council’ to show just how hard we are. Put aside ...

Bill McColl has 25+ years of experience as a senior producer and writer for TV, radio, and digital media leading teams of anchors, reporters, and editors in creating news broadcasts, covering some ...

China is drawing inspiration and ideas from Japan’s highly successful soft power strategy in Sri Lanka. Historically, Japan has played a pivotal role as an economic and trade partner for Sri Lanka.