“Vaccine Nationalism” As a Great Power Competition: Analysis from the Standpoint of the Securitization Theory by Maksim V. Кharkevich, Elena S. Zinovieva

“…Moreover, countries are competing in this area, considering primacy in the creation of a COVID-19vaccine not only as a step towards the fight against the virus, but as a tool to strengthen their international positions and increase international prestige and “soft power”. Methods and materials. The authors investigate the problem from the standpoint of the securitization theory, according to which national and international security threats are formed by political actors as speech acts and discursive practices. …”
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Sudáfrica en los BRICS by Philip Harrison

“…Sudáfrica tiene el soft power (poder blando) que se necesita para jugar un papel constructivo en el reequilibrio global del poder geopolítico, y es una voz potencial para el continente africano. …”
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Monitoring the Social Attitudes of Foreign Students by M. B. Ponyavina, S. V. Rastorguev, P. S. Seleznev, A. A. Suchilina, A. B. Shatilov

“…It is necessary to monitor the social attitudes of foreign students in order to involve foreign applicants in a favorable to Russia discourse, applying the concept of “soft power”. Applicants’ social attitudes have a direct impact on the choice of the country of study and on the effectiveness of social, cultural, pedagogical adaptation of foreign students. …”
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Defense Diplomacy Indonesia - United Arab Emirates Through Confidence Building Measures by Raka Gusfi, Arief Rachman, Lukman Yudho Prakoso

“…The role of diplomacy, particularly soft power diplomacy, is highlighted as an essential tool in international relations. …”
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Exploring the Relationship between Place Branding and Disaster Recovery Potential by Shinnosuke Kimura, Masanobu Nagao, Toshiaki Yagi

“…Building of disaster-resilient local communities by improving soft power has become an issue in recent years. Therefore, this study utilizes knowledge of place branding and presents a comprehensive model in which disaster recovery potential is the criterion variable. …”
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Trans-boundary water conflicts between Bangladesh and India: water governance practice for conflict resolution by A Parven

“…The study recommends few suggestions to minimize the conflict over the utilization of trans-boundary water resources management for example, a hydro-community like EU water framework Directive that is based on the soft power of peer review rather than a penalizing measure.…”
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PENDEKATAN GOOD GOVERNANCE DALAM MEMPERKUAT KEAMANAN PERBATASAN NEGARA: STUDI DI WILAYAH LAUT NATUNA UTARA by Rio Yusri Maulana

“…Dalam upaya menjaga keamanan wilayah Laut Natuna Utara, negara kemudian kemudian melakukan pendekatan politik dari aspek kekuatan militer (hard power) dan non-militer (soft power).…”
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The Impact of Sports Diplomacy on Improving Kosovo's International Image by Rinor REXHEPI, Vigan SAHITI

“… Public diplomacy which is part of soft power is a branch of diplomacy which has recently taken place and importance in the agendas of large and small states. …”
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Promotion of Political Values through International Programs of Academic Mobility by Mario De Martino

“…The majority of scientific literature agrees in considering exchange programs as soft power instruments used by countries to promote their values in geopolitically and economically crucial regions. …”
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SOVIET-INDIAN CULTURAL EXCHANGE IN 1954-1960 ON THE EXAMPLE OF VARIETY by Sokolova Ju.I.

“…Adhering to the principles of "pancha shila", the Soviet leadership used the strategy of "soft power" to expand its own influence in Asian countries. …”
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Language as an Instrument of Social Control and People Management by Irina I. Klimova, Nina A. Kozlovtseva

“…In today's world of information wars, the policy of soft power acquires particular relevance, primarily based on these functions of language. …”
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Deliberation Platform for Energy Transition Policies: How to Make Complex Things Simple by Andra Blumberga, Armands Gravelsins, Dagnija Blumberga

“…The results from the case study reveal how the soft power of Russia can lock in the energy transition in Eastern European countries by creating policy choices with additive effects and what pathways towards energy transition can be used to lock-out.…”
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Authority matters: propaganda and the coevolution of behaviour and attitudes by Sergey Gavrilets, Peter J. Richerson

“…To better understand the effects of ‘soft’ power of authorities we develop a unifying theoretical framework integrating material, cognitive and social forces controlling the joint dynamics of individual actions and beliefs. …”
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Desarrollo y perspectivas de la medicina tradicional china: reflexiones a nivel local y global by María Florencia Incaurgarat

“…Por último, se hace un acercamiento a la expansión global de este saber, por medio de su comoditización o como recurso potencial de soft power. De esta forma, se pretende colaborar en un campo poco explorado desde las ciencias sociales, sobre este corpus de prácticas y conocimientos, su dinamismo y su constante modificación.…”
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Food sovereignty and education: A Japanese type of harmonization by S V Chugrov, A V Malov

“…The architects of the Japanese food policy use a special respect for food in two ways: first, as a tool of soft power to spread Japanese influence worldwide; second, as an effective way to ensure food security. …”
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The Development Needs and Strategic Planning of China's Marine Equipment Industry Chain by Rui MA, Peng CAI, Cungen LIU

“…It was proposed to carry out key core technology research and iterative upgrades targeting weak links in the industry chain, such as high-end product research and development design, key technologies for specialized matching equipment, and strengthen fundamental and forward-looking technological research in response to the development trend of ships, and enhance the soft power of China's marine equipment industry chain in response to the field of ship and sea service.…”
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A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF HEALTH DIPLOMACY RESEARCH BASED ON VOSVIEWER AND CITESPACE by Liu Jiangwei, Sity Daud

“…These findings showed that topics including power, Covid-19, security, soft power, WHO, vaccine diplomacy, and governance, though with shorter spans, were the focal points in recent years. …”
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Main Directions of Cultural Diplomacy of the USA and Japan by Мирослава Поплавська

“…The relevance of the research is determined by the growing role of culture and cultural diplomacy as a tool of special (“soft”) power in foreign policy and economic relations between countries in the conditions of globalization, virtualization and digitalization of society. …”
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TURKEY’S POLICY IN THE BALKANS: A FACTOR OF «COVID DIPLOMACY» by Damir R. Islamov

“…Despite the focus in recent years on developments in the Middle East, North Africa, South Caucasus, the Balkans still play a crucial role in Turkey’s new foreign policy of trying to become a regional power using a personalized foreign policy, soft power, trade. The COVID-19 crisis also presented an opportunity for Turkey to represent itself as a «savior» in tough times. …”
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From discourse to practice: the circulation of norms, ideas and practices of migration management through the implementation of the mobility partnerships in Moldova and Georgia by Martine Brouillette

“…As an entry point, we have focused our analysis on the Mobility Partnership, a policy instrument of soft power, representative of the emblematic network governance privileged by the EU in its current political framework, the Global Approach to Migration and Mobility (GAMM). …”
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