How do ordinary people talk about and understand terrorism? To what extent do they mimic what they hear from political elites and the media? Richard Jackson and Gareth Hall explore this in their recent Politics.
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‘Everyday’ accounts of the appropriate mechanisms for countering terrorism offer opportunities for engaging the diverse political imaginations of UK citizens.
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International Relations theorists regularly fail to notice global sexuality politics. Anthony J. Langlois contends that paying serious attention would be one way to generate exciting new ideas for understanding the international, in general.
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While Confucius Institutes as more instruments of propaganda, nevertheless they present a specific version of China to global audiences.
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Conspiracy theories can become a legitimate tool of soft power. Here's how.
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Instead of analysing the (in)effectiveness of Russian soft power in world politics and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), it is important to look at the reasons behind Russian elites’ interest in soft power and how this interest has played out in Russia’s articulation and projection of soft power in the West.
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China’s focus on developing soft power is a key part of its plan to reduce international resistance to its rising power and create a more stable regional security environment, but domestic regime security is another important—and often overlooked—driver of China’s soft power strategy.
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Russia has claimed a special strategic interest in Ukraine, but how do Ukrainians feel about that? This
article in the
special issue on the ‘Soft Power of Hard States’ explores the reaction of the Ukrainian audience to Moscow’s efforts to exercise cultural leadership in the region.
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Both Beijing and Moscow have endorsed soft power but their understanding and adaptation of the concept differs significantly from that of the West.
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Is Russia's soft power strategy the same as that of other major international players? Alexander Sergunin and Leonid Karabeshkin explore this in their recent
Politics article.
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