409 results for Soft power

21 November 2013

Around the world, some countries look beyond military might to exert a more nuanced influence. In our fourth annual soft power survey, we take the pulse of these subtle superpowers and ask if soft can thrive in hard times…

15 August 2009

If you’re Germany, you have no option but to assert yourself globally with a softly, softly approach. Since the fall of the Wall, Germany’s foreign office has become master of gently promoting ‘Brand Germany’, with Berlin…

16 November 2017

Our annual survey of the nations that best use their gentler sides to get things done.

15 November 2012

Monocle's third annual Soft Power Survey is an attempt to push the debate on where soft power comes from and how to use it. With current shifts in the global power balance, never has it been more relevant.

19 November 2019

Our editors have shaken up the Soft Power Survey this year but we’ve still produced our respected ranking of countries who know how to use soft power to get results. We also canvassed the opinions of the same panel (see…

17 November 2013

The results are in for Monocle's annual Soft Power Survey. We have once again collaborated with the Institute for Government to come up with 30 countries who best attract favour from other nations through culture, sport,…

14 November 2012

Monocle's third annual Soft Power Survey is an attempt to push the debate on where soft power comes from and how to use it. With current shifts in the global power balance, never has it been more relevant.

17 May 2018

Despite its athletes, writers and conservation efforts winning international acclaim, Kenya’s divisions, corruption and poverty gap are curbing its potential.

21 October 2010

Singer Nana Mouskouri is now retired but her songs remain inseparable from Greek culture. She’s a staunch nationalist, having lived through Greece’s transition to a democracy, and is determined that her proud country will…

6 November 2018

From a thriving economy to potent soft-power credentials, we unpack what keeps Canada on the up.

15 November 2018

Our ninth annual survey of the nations whose softer tactics are getting results.