Power is the ability to get others to do what you want. That can be accomplished by coercion (“sticks”), payment (“carrots”) or attraction (“honey”). The first two methods are forms of hard power; ...

Hard power uses material assets to compel and coerce others to bow to your will. War is not necessarily required; threats backed by economic and military assets may suffice to change how others behave ...

Matthew Clary is affiliated with the American Political Science Association (APSA), the International Studies Association (ISA), the Southern Political Science Association (SPSA), the College Board, ...

Nye, who coined the term “soft power”, has died at the age of 88. Here in full is his upcoming article from Monocle’s June issue. Joseph S Nye, who popularised the term “soft power”, on what it means ...

The Cheshire Cat’s vanishing smile in Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is a trick whereby the cat fades away ...