Soft Power Is Bullshit! How Shared Interests, Not Values, Shape International Relations
Published online on January 25, 2026
Abstract
American Behavioral Scientist, Ahead of Print.
Since its introduction in 1990, the Soft Power paradigm impacted how states secure their interests and obtain their foreign policy goals. In this article, we assert that the world is undergoing a process of profound structural change that will culminate ...
Since its introduction in 1990, the Soft Power paradigm impacted how states secure their interests and obtain their foreign policy goals. In this article, we assert that the world is undergoing a process of profound structural change that will culminate ...