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Monthly Archives: May 2011

Future Power is Soft Power

On Monday’s Newsnight and today at breakfast Professor Joseph S. Nye, former US Assistant Secretary of Defense, began a round of media and think-tank sessions to promote his latest book. ‘The Future of Power’ examines the prospect for change in …
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Snatching PR defeat from hammer blow to Al Qaeda

The tracking down and death of Osama Bin Laden could have led to President Obama to scale back the billion dollar advertising war chest he allegedly seeks. Riding comfortably in the wake of an astonishing example of superpower reach, he …
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