Wag the WeiWei - A US boot in the Asian door
Journal: Lund University Publications Student Papers (Lund University)
Year: 2013

The growing interdependence and interconnectedness of the global community set the pace and frame for the evolution of foreign policy. Diplomacy formerly being the reserve of international communication has consequently been forced to change and branch out. This essay attempts to view these changes and their context at the example of US foreign policy in Pacific Asia. Both hard power translating into traditional Realpolitik, as well as soft power expressed through public diplomacy (PD), play the