Ilan Manor examines if and how AI companions may become vessels of state-backed disinformation. 

 Legitimacy, not pressure, must return to the center of global diplomacy.

Two scholars dive deep into countries' relational power by analyzing such dynamics as power mutuality and power discrepancy.

Turkey's hard power strategies illustrate how soft power is vulnerable to reputation, writes CPD Contributing Scholar Senem Çevik. 

Does "sharp power" fall under the ranks of hard power or soft power, or is it just an "unsmart" mix? 

A Center for American Progress (CAP) report assesses how U.S. policy overlooks Iranian soft power influence in the Middle East.