
Foreign PolicyJul 23, 20264 min
Soft Power and the Limits of Persuasion
Attraction is real power, but it is not a substitute for the harder kind — and it cannot be manufactured on demand.
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Attraction is real power, but it is not a substitute for the harder kind — and it cannot be manufactured on demand.

The states caught between giants are not passive. Their hedging is a strategy in its own right — and it may shape the century as much as the giants do.