My profile:
Hard Russia vs. Soft China
11 September 2008
By Joseph S. Nye Jr.
China and Russia have just provided the world with sharp contrasts in the use of power. As the French analyst Dominique Moisi recently put it, ""Whereas China intends to seduce and impress the world by the number of its Olympic medals, Russia wants to impress the world by demonstrating its military superiority. This is China's soft power versus Russia's hard power.""
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