Sharp Power and U.S. Foreign Policy: a Combination of the Incombinatible?
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Kuznetsov N.M. Sharp Power and U.S. Foreign Policy: a Combination of the Incombinatible?. Vlast’ (The Authority). 2022. Vol. 30. No. 1. P. 146-151. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31171/vlast.v30i1.8798
Abstract
The article observes the discourse about the methodological and theoretical frameworks of the sharp power’s concept. Since the first publications about sharp power in 2017, this concept has already become the central issue of all researches on public diplomacy in the world. Sharp power observed by western researchers as the antipode of soft power, which is used by «authoritarian regimes» (including Russia, China, Iran and a number of other states) to destabilize «democratic» countries. Such formulations raise a number of questions regarding the subjectivity and academic depth of the new concept. An analysis of U.S. public diplomacy demonstrates that the Western community officially condemns sharp power methods. The author makes a conclusion about the fake and ideological meaning of sharp power and the formation of its methods as a trend in modern international relations.
Keywords:
sharp power; soft power; smart power; propaganda; informational operations; public diplomacy; digital diplomacy; data diplomacy; USA
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Tsvetkova N.A. 2015. Publichnaya diplomatiya SShA. – Mezhdunarodnye protsessy. № 3. S. 121-133. (RUS.)
Tsvetkova N. A., Kuznetsov N.M. 2020. Fenomen diplomatii bol'shikh dannykh v mirovoi politike. – Vestnik RGGU. Ser. Politologiya. Istoriya. Mezhdunarodnye otnosheniya. № 4. S. 27-44. (RUS.)
Hanouna S., Neu O., Pardo S., Tsur O., Zahavi H. 2019. Sharp Power in Social Media: Patterns from Datasets across Electoral Campaigns. – Australian and New Zealand Journal of European Studies. Vol. 11. No. 3. P. 97-113.
Nye J.S., Jr. 1990. Bound to Lead: The Changing Nature of American Power. N.Y.: Basic Books. 307 p.
Nye J.S., Jr. 2004. Soft Power. The Means to Success in World Politics. N.Y.: Public Affairs. 208 p.
Shao J. 2019. Exploring China’s “Sharp Power”: Conceptual Deficiencies and Alternatives. – Transcommunication. Vol. 6-2. P. 129-148.
Walker C. 2018. What is Sharp power? – Journal of Democracy. Vol. 29. Is. 3. P. 9-23.
Yenna W .2019. Recognizing and Resisting China's Evolving Sharp Power. – American Journal of Chinese Studies. Vol. 26. No. 2. P. 129-153.
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Received: 28.02.2022
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Kuznetsov, N. M. (2022). Sharp Power and U.S. Foreign Policy: a Combination of the Incombinatible?. Vlast’ (The Authority), 30(1), 146-151. https://doi.org/10.31171/vlast.v30i1.8798
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