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This reflects the soft power approach to foreign policy that the Bush administration has touted over the years.
NPR: Bush Signs Aid Deal for Tanzania Infrastructure
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That doesn't say much about the soft power of this growing superpower.
BBC: North Korea: A test for the Obama doctrine
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Second, by endorsing a rise in the Chinese currency relative to the dollar, the president and those who support this policy put at risk the vast soft power and competitive advantage the U.S. enjoys by providing Asia and the rest of the world a reliable currency for engaging in trade in goods and financial instruments.
FORBES: President Obama's Strategic Blunder With China
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The U.S. Treasury, which has done yeoman's work on this front but been smothered in recent years by the "soft power" diplomacy of the State Department, needs a freer hand to run down North Korean offenders.
FORBES: Freedom's Edge
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This week we talked about the growing reach and influence of Chinese soft power around the world, and the advent of the e-bike on Beijing streets (Kuo and Osnos both worship at the temple of the e-bike, and never resist an opportunity to proselytize).
FORBES: New China Podcast: Soft Power And E-Bikes
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This spry former academic is seen as the architect of Turkey's soft power, which blends realpolitik with a fierce pride.
ECONOMIST: Turkish foreign policy
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Many Georgians worry that powerful mafia bosses, who fled the country while the last government was in power, will come back if they think this new administration is soft on crime, our correspondent says.
BBC: Georgia parliament approves prisoner amnesty
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Not by invasion, which this administration would not contemplate and could not execute, but through every instrument of U.S. power, soft more than hard.
WSJ: Eliot A. Cohen: There Are Only Two Choices Left on Iran