Who has coined the Word 'Soft Powers'

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UGC NET Paper 2: Political Science 11 Oct 2022 Shift 1

Answer 1

The correct answer is Joseph S. Nye.

Key Points

Joseph S. Nye coined the term soft power.
The concept's creator, Joseph Nye, first outlined three main sources of soft power as he developed the idea.
Foreign policy, cultural influence, and political principles make up Nye's three pillars of soft power.
However, there are numerous and diverse soft power sources within each of these three categories.
Nye argues soft power as the ability of a country to persuade others to do what it wants without force.

Hence, the correct option is 2.

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