Anti-Soft Power in Political Theory and Practice
Journal: Russian Journal of World Politics and Law of Nations
Year: 2023

The article deals with the study of the anti-soft power. The concept of soft power has taken over modern political discourse. The opportunities to counteract such power have not been considered properly so far. The proponents of the liberal para­digm, trapped in the ideology of its exclusiveness, have failed to study this issue. Thus, the present article aims to answer the question of whether there exists an anti-soft power, both as ideology and practice, which could be sufficiently effective fo