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Books
Joseph S. Nye Jr.. (Apr 2004). Soft Power: The Means to Success in World Politics. Public Affairs Press.
Steven Poole. (Apr 2006). Unspeak: How Words Become Weapons, How Weapons Become a Message, and How That Message Becomes Reality. Grove Press.
H. Slavik, ed. (Apr 2004). Intercultural Communication and Diplomacy. Diplo Foundation.
(Mar 2016). Rising Soft Powers: Turkey. Los Angeles: USC Center on Public Diplomacy.
(Jun 2015). Rising Soft Powers: China. Los Angeles: USC Center on Public Diplomacy.
Journal articles
Edward Wastnidge. (Mar 2015). The Modalities of Iranian Soft Power: From Cultural Diplomacy to Soft War. Politics. Wiley Online Library
(Oct 2014). CPD-BBC: Does Soft Power Really Matter? USC Center on Public Diplomacy
Jeanne L. Wilson. (Nov 2015). Russia and China Respond to Soft Power: Interpretation and Readaptation of a Western Construct. Politics. Political Studies Association287-300.
Kingsley Edney. (Nov 2015). Building National Cohesion and Domestic Legitimacy: A Regime Security Approach to Soft Power in China. Politics. Political Studies Association259-272.
William A. Callahan. (Nov 2015). Identity and Security in China: The Negative Soft Power of the China Dream. Politics. Political Studies Association216-229.
Essays
(May 2013). U.S. Soft Power & the Rebalance: Public Diplomacy in New Zealand and Indonesia. Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Eleanor Albert. (May 2017). China's Big Bet on Soft Power. Backgrounder. Council on Foreign Relations.
Robin Brown. (Mar 2016). Hard vs. Soft Power as Metaphor. Public Diplomacy, Networks and Influence.
Geoffrey Wiseman. (Nov 2018). Soft power and reviewing Australia’s global appeal. The Interpreter .
Dr. Champa Patel. (Sep 2019). Embrace Soft Power (but Recognize its Limits). Chatham House.
Reports
(Apr 2020). The Soft Power 30: A Global Ranking of Soft Power (2019). Portland CommunicationsPortland Communications.
Jonathan McClory. (Sep 2018). The Soft Power 30: A Global Ranking of Soft Power . Portland, Facebook, USC Center on Public DiplomacyPortland, Facebook, USC Center on Public Diplomacy.
Jonathan McClory. (Jul 2017). The Soft Power 30. Portland, USC Center on Public DiplomacyPortland, USC Center on Public Diplomacy.
(Jun 2016). The Soft Power 30. Portland, USC Center on Public DiplomacyPortland, USC Center on Public Diplomacy.
(Feb 2014). Conference Report: Soft Power in Action. Wilton ParkWilton Park.
Speeches
Jul 2008 - Soft Power in East Asia. (Brookings Institution.)
Apr 2011 - Remarks at the Faith and Diplomacy Briefing. (USC Center for Religion & Civic Culture at the Dornsife College..)
Jan 2012 - Town Hall Meeting on the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review. (U.S. Department of State.)
Oct 2008 - Public Diplomacy and its Role in the EU's External Relations. (Mortara Center for International Studies, Georgetown University.)
Organizations
Multimedia
Oct 5, 2017 - Ambassador Tom Fletcher Speaks About Soft Power
Jun 7, 2019 - The Future of Soft Power and Public Diplomacy
Jan 11, 2018 - Monocle Releases 2017/2018 Soft Power Survey
Dec 14, 2017 - David Kang: Media Rhetoric & North Korea
CPD Blog
Building an Evaluation Approach for Evaluating Arts and Soft Power by Ian Thomas on Jan 27, 2021
Power in the 21st Century: The Banality of Soft Power by Ilan Manor on Oct 21, 2019
Special Olympics: A Uniquely Valuable PD Asset by Barry Sanders on Jul 27, 2015
Ayurveda and Yoga are India’s Greatest Gifts to Mankind by Aparna M Sridhar on Oct 24, 2019
PD News
Soft War vs. Soft Power (Mehr News) on Oct 14, 2015
Turkish Soft Power: More Soft Than Powerful (Hurriyet Daily News) on May 22, 2013
Turkish Soft Power: More Soft Than Powerful (Hurriyet Daily News) on May 22, 2013
China marches ahead with softly, softly plan (The West Australian) on Dec 1, 2011
Australia's Soft Power: Speak Softly, and Carry a Fluffy Koala (The Age) on Dec 21, 2015
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