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How Trump’s foreign aid and diplomatic cuts will make it harder for the US to wield soft power to maintain its friendships and win new ones

  • Written by Matthew Clary, Senior Lecturer in Political Science, Auburn University
How Trump’s foreign aid and diplomatic cuts will make it harder for the US to wield soft power to maintain its friendships and win new onesSoft power is lower-risk and lower-cost than hard power strategies.A Mokhtari/DigitalVision Vectors via Getty Images

The Trump administration has proposed shuttering USAID and cutting some of the State Department’s critical diplomatic programs; it has also announced tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico and China. As scholar Borja Santos...

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