It was not Prime Minister Gordon Brown's finest hour. In his D-Day speech earlier this week, the beleaguered British leader solemnly announced: "Next to Obama Beach, we join President Obama in paying ...
“Hard power can rest on inducements (‘carrots’) or threats (‘sticks’)…soft power [means] getting others to want the outcomes that you want.” Though she stood at only 4’10”, Madeleine Albright was ...
STUTTGART, Germany — Drastic changes are coming for NATO, and the U.S.-led alliance’s top American officer in Europe says members must face this fact: “Hard power is a reality.” Supreme Allied ...
The Strategic Studies Institute recently published A Hard Look at Hard Power: Assessing the Defense Capabilities of Key U.S. Allies and Security Partners. Edited by Gary J. Schmitt, codirector of the ...
The capture of Maduro was a swift military success, but it commits the U.S. to long-term political and strategic consequences. America’s display of force has unsettled allies, emboldened defense ...
Increased military spending in Europe must be directed toward hard-power capabilities to give NATO credibility that goes beyond American firepower, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday. His ...
“Hard power is a willingness to fight – and any idiot can do that.” One of the things that distinguishes soft power from hard power is that the former is a two-way relationship. The point of hard ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about Asia's economic, trade and policy matters. Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, shakes hands with Chinese ...
The term “soft power” has become a political science catch-all for forms of influence that are not “hard” in the sense of military force. According to Joseph Nye’s original definition, a country’s ...