A passerby helps an old man hit by a car, in Beijing September 9, 2014 (Photo/IC) Joseph Nye of Harvard University first coined the term “soft power” in his 1990 book, Bound to Lead: The Changing Nature of American Power. He explored further the notion of soft power in his 2004 book, Soft Power: The […]
This is a critical time for the United States and Europe. On both sides of the Atlantic, societies are revolting against elites.
France was recently declared the world’s top soft power for 2017, outranking both the US and the UK for the first time. How should Theresa May respond?
The collapse of the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires are lessons on how underestimating national identities can lead to unintended political change.
In their quest for power, populist parties prescribe protectionism and the reestablishment of national sovereignty as panacea to all of the EU’s ills.
The media cannot help but highlight the fallouts from Brexit and a Trump presidency. What we do not hear enough about is what went right elsewhere in 2016.
Despite U.S. objections and concerns, China’s $100 billion initiative seems determined in its quest for respectability and prominence.
The recent surge of “lone-wolf” operations, is part of ISIS’ strategy to create a climate of insecurity and portray itself as wide-reaching.
The social contract outlines the responsibility of a government to keep their citizenry safe and healthy within reasonable measures.
A British vote to leave the EU on 23 June would have grave implications for the security of the UK, Europe, and NATO as a whole.
Russian resurgence has planted seeds of conflict both within individual NATO members, as well as between different geographic areas of the alliance.
President Obama will have a hard time assisting EU leaders in their fight against terrorism, and in dealing with economic stagnation and mass migration
Since preventing terrorist acts is extremely difficult—why take any chances by allowing fighters to return?
Deterrence theory may help explain ISIS’s change of strategy and also how to address it.
Marine Le Pen is a savvier speaker than her firebrand father, but the National Front still embodies a xenophobic, racist, and anti-Semitic movement that seeks to lead France out of Europe and back down the road of narrow-minded populism.