484 results for soft power

9 September 2021

Alex von Tunzelmann and Jonathan Fenby discuss the possibility of a Russia-Belarus reunion, the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks and the power of soft diplomacy.

13 August 2021

Monocle’s Chiara Rimella reflects on the third anniversary of the Genoa bridge collapse. Plus, Josh Fehnert and Fernando Augusto Pacheco on the Wolseley’s dispute with its landlords, New Zealand’s soft power and more.

26 June 2021

Sometimes art imitates life; sometimes games do too. And parallels between chess and the political arena have existed for centuries. But are there really any similarities? How was the game used as a pawn in the cold war?…

15 June 2021

As Joe Biden continues his tour of Europe, so do our guests Michael Binyon and Dr Julie Norman with their analysis of the US president’s soft-power tour. We also debate extremism in Europe as Germany’s intelligence services…

15 May 2021

The Eurovision Song Contest is back and so are its noisy fans. Europe’s most popular cultural event will take place in Rotterdam next week, following last year’s cancellation. While the glitter-encrusted contest is prima…