found: Work cat.: Maṭar, Ḥ. Mā baʻda al-qitāl : ḥarb al-qūwah al-nāʻimah bayna Amīrkā wa-Ḥizb Allāh, 2019(subtitle translates as: The soft power war between the United States and Hizballah)
found: Nye, J. Soft power, 2004:p. 5 (the indirect way to get what you want has sometimes been called "the second face of power"; a country may obtain the outcomes it wants in world power because other countries, admiring its values, emulating its example, aspiring to its level of prosperity and openness, want to follow it; in this sense, it is important to set the agenda and attract others in world politics, and not only to force them to change by threatening military force or economic sanctions; this soft power, getting others to want the outcomes that you want, coopts people rather than coerces them)
found: Foreign affairs, May/June 2004:pp. 136-137 (Coined by Nye in the late 1980s, the term "soft power"--the ability of a country to persuade others to do what it wants without force or coercion--is now widely invoked in foreign policy debate)
found: What is soft power?, via The soft power 30 website, Dec. 20, 2021(Power in international relations has traditionally been defined and assessed in easily quantifiable "hard" terms, often understood in the context of military and economic might. Hard power is deployed in the form of coercion: using force, the threat of force, economic sanctions, or inducements of payment. In contrast to the coercive nature of hard power, soft power describes the use of positive attraction and persuasion to achieve foreign policy objectives. Soft power shuns the traditional foreign policy tools of carrot and stick, seeking instead to achieve influence by building networks, communicating compelling narratives, establishing international rules, and drawing on the resources that make a country naturally attractive to the world)
found: Softly does it, via The economist website, Dec. 13, 2021(how many rankings of global power have put Britain at the top and China at the bottom? Not many, at least this century. But on July 14th an index of "soft power," the ability to coax and persuade, ranked Britain as the mightiest country on earth; China, four times as wealthy as Britain, 20 times as populous and 40 times as large, came dead last)
found: In "soft power" terms, Japan ranks eighth out of 30 countries in U.K. consultancy report, via The Japan times website, Dec. 13, 2021(Japan ranked eighth in the world in "soft power," according to a new annual ranking released by U.K.-based consulting firm Portland. The Soft Power 30, announced Wednesday, examines the strength of soft power resources in countries around the world, gauging their performance across six categories: government, education, culture, enterprise, engagement and digital. Data were collected on 50 countries, and the rankings were based on the top 30. The firm defined "soft power," first coined in 1990 by Harvard University professor Joseph Nye, as the ability of a country to harness attraction and persuasion, as opposed to force or financial payments, to pursue foreign policy objectives)
found: Global soft power index 2021, via Brand Finance website, Dec. 13, 2021(Japan ranks second overall in Global Soft Power Index; Europe and Asia command most of this year's best-performing nations, taking a cumulative 75% of the top 20 spots in the Global Soft Power Index 2021. Japan is the top-performing Asian nation and second overall (Global Soft Power Index score 60.6 out of 100), jumping up two spots from last year. Japan continues to reap the rewards of its strong brands, solid consumer spend, and high levels of business investment, again ranking first in the Business & Trade pillar. Additionally, Japan has seen an improvement in its Education & Science score, now ranking first in this metric too)
found: Oxford Lexico dictionary, viewed Dec. 20, 2021(soft power: A persuasive approach to international relations, typically involving the use of economic or cultural influence)
found: Cambridge dictionary online, Dec. 20, 2021(soft power: the use of a country's cultural and economic influence to persuade other countries to do something, rather than the use of military power)
