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Soft focus

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…

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The soft parade

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…

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Softly does it

16 November 2017

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

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Soft central

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.

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The Late Edition - Monocle Reports: Soft Power

21 November 2018

The results of Monocle’s Soft Power Survey are in and France is on top! We find out why. Plus: how Donald Trump’s CNN ban is right out of Viktor Orban’s playbook, the soft power of the Canadian small screen and a review of…

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The Foreign Desk - Soft Power 2020

28 November 2020

As the latest issue of Monocle hits newsstands, we take a close look at the magazine’s annual Soft Power Survey, which considers how well countries project themselves abroad. Andrew Mueller is joined by Megan Gibson, Chiara…

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Soft Power Survey 2013

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,…

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Shake a leg

15 November 2018

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

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Lion’s den

17 May 2018

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

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Voice of a nation

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…

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Canada: state of the nation

6 November 2018

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

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'Typisch Deutsch?'

23 January 2014

Punctual? Rigorous? Romantic? What does it mean to be typically German? Rolf Sachs, a half-German, half-French artist and designer with a wry eye and a scarf made from dusters, explores the clichés that form his notion of…

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The Rules of Attraction

3 January 2010

Tax incentives are all well and good but is that enough to make businesses want to move to your country? To discuss how culture and other intangible assets attract foreign investment, Monocle and the Singapore Economic…

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Soft Power Survey - 2012

14 November 2012

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Museums as Soft Power

17 December 2011

“How museums became soft power ambassadors”. Monocle and the V&A hosted a discussion exploring how culture nations. Moderated by Monocle’s editor in chief Tyler Brûle speakers on the panel were:Simon Anholt, independent…

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The new soft sell

18 November 2010

Which countries get their way in the world without having to resort to military might? Who are the soft power leaders who know the value of well-placed aid or a good pop star? Over the following pages we name the top 25…