“China’s Footprints in Southeast Asia”, edited by Maria Serena I Diokno, Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao and Alan H Yang
The concept of “soft power”, popularized by Harvard’s Joseph Nye, has always seemed artificial. Power as wielded by nations is not neatly divisible into “hard” and “soft” categories. The great realist philosopher of power Hans Morgenthau identified the elements of national power as geography, natural resources, industrial capacity, population, military preparedness, national morale, the quality…
