How should American power be deployed in the world? Since the Cold War, America’s role as a global leader has been up for ...

American soft power recovered after low points in the Vietnam and Iraq wars, as well as from a dip in Mr. Trump’s first term. But once trust is lost, it is not easily restored.

China-U.S. competition is fueled by overall national strength. In addition to growing its own hard and soft power, it should ...

But over the past 80 years, the United States has accumulated soft power, based on attraction rather than coercion or the imposition of costs. Wise American policy would maintain, rather than disrupt, ...

Although the U.S. has spent a billion dollars courting Cambodia over the past quarter-century, China’s soft-power gains are now clearly having very real hard-power consequences.

The American dream has turned into a fantasy for many people living in the U.S. At the heart of the national ethos is the belief that anyone can achieve a happy life through hard work and ...

Our humanitarian and cultural programs operate with minimal oversight or impact assessment. This opacity makes them ...