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We must use what has been called smart power---the full range of tools at our disposal---diplomatic, economic, military, political, legal, and cultural---picking the right tool, or combination of tools, for each situation. With smart power, diplomacy will be the vanguard of foreign policy. [15]
20 sty 2009 · “Smart power” has been a touchstone for a series of changes in the way the U.S. goes about the business of foreign policy. The U.S. has invigorated its efforts at public diplomacy, and sees the dividends in the form of improved public perceptions globally.
14 maj 2014 · Although they are oppositional approaches to power, their combination, smart power, has its place in academic debate and policy making. Overall, it appears that soft power strategies are more effective in the contemporary international system than hard power strategies.
1 mar 2008 · Its purpose is to develop an innovative approach to national power that allows senior policy makers to better integrate the assets and tools of coercive power (hard power) such as military action with the resources of traditional and public diplomacy (soft power).
11 mar 2015 · The concept of soft power and the corollary concept of smart power (i.e., the use of both hard and soft power to attain foreign policy objectives) have generated significant attention in scholarly,...
Smart power emphasizes the complementary use of hard and soft power to achieve foreign policy objectives. The concept of smart power was popularized by Joseph Nye, who argued that effective statecraft requires a balance between coercion and attraction.
little serious consideration of how smart power can contribute to long-standing debates about power in international relations. This article seeks to clarify the meaning of smart power through first analyzing its main components – hard and soft power – separately; and second bringing these components together to re-conceptualize smart power.
