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Research Article

Soft power: the evolution of a concept

Joseph S. NyeKennedy School of Government, Harvard UniversityCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 196-208 | Received 20 Dec 2019, Accepted 10 Dec 2020, Published online: 10 Feb 2021

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Renée Marlin-Bennett. (2022) Soft power’s dark side. Journal of Political Power 15:3, pages 437-455.
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