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Turkish analysts say Ankara is a reluctant hard-power player in the region, but the government's fears of regional sectarian conflict are spurring a more activist policy.

Turkey Pushes for New Action on Syria Joe Parkinson 2012

Turkish analysts say Ankara is a reluctant hard-power player in the region. for all its neo-Ottoman pretensions, Only a year ago, Mr. Assad was Exhibit A in Turkey's "zero-problems-with-neighbors" foreign policy.

Iraq Lashes Out at Turkey as Sunni-Shiite Rift Grows Joe Parkinson 2012

In this post Cold-War era, the world is starving for soft-power; a power that, needless to say, is less costly than the hard-power of the military option.

Sadia Ali Aden: Envisioning World Peace After a Bloody Decade Sadia Ali Aden 2011

In this post Cold-War era, the world is starving for soft-power; a power that, needless to say, is less costly than the hard-power of the military option.

Sadia Ali Aden: Envisioning World Peace After a Bloody Decade Sadia Ali Aden 2011

He was the hard-power guy, invading Iraq and Afghanistan.

Obama William McGurn 2010

It is ironic that, in and around the 2008 Olympics, authoritarian China showed a greater determination to use its hard-power strengths to cultivate a soft-power strategy for itself on the world stage.

Shashi Tharoor: Indian Strategic Power: Soft 2009

As president, his hard-power resources may be somewhat diminished, but no one in the world currently has more soft power.

Archive 2008-11-01 Stephen Retherford 2008

Liberties and freedoms are progressively being diminished inside some Latin American countries while hard-power foreign policies are being implemented as a means to increase influence and weaken the common enemy: the West.

Latin American Democrats Need U.S. Support José Maria Aznar 2008

As president, his hard-power resources may be somewhat diminished, but no one in the world currently has more soft power.

Obama as the first post-ethnic U.S. president Stephen Retherford 2008

The Editor-in-Chief of the Arab Times reports that a “reliable source” in Washington has provided detailed information about the forthcoming US hard-power attack on Iran’s nuclear and oil industries.

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