Part I: Study

• Defining soft power and understanding its role in international relations

• Non-government cultural diplomacy

• Sports Diplomacy: The Little Ball Moves the Big Ball/Nixon goes to China

Reading

Nye, Joe. "Soft power: the evolution of a concept," Journal of Political Power, December 20, 2019. DOI: 10.1080/2158379X.2021.1879572

Key Questions:

• How can we distinguish between propaganda, soft power, and cultural diplomacy?

• What role can soft power play in addressing today’s challenge?

Part II: Discussion
Guest Speaker: 

Joseph S. Nye Jr, Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus and former Dean of the Harvard's Kennedy School of Government