Soft power: factors and resources in International Relations
8 min readThough the term soft power is increasingly used in political science literature, not much is discussed regarding its factors and dynamics in international relations.
In principle, there are five focal factors on which the soft power of the state authority directly depends within the framework of the international, transnational, and supranational institutions. (Al Mayadeen English; Illustrated by Arwa Makki)
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