... “soft power” technologies already employed and the methods of their application. It sometimes appears that with regard to “soft power,” we are moving not forward, but back to the tried and familiar, although archaic and often openly counterproductive,... ... experts have become engrossed with the current crisis, but the society like never before needs a meaningful debate about the foreign policy strategy of building a new country. Our external environment has radically and irreversibly changed and continues ...
... see how Russia is not always fairly treated, that Russia is not always objectively assessed. Here it must be added that our foreign policy propaganda, the actions of some of our media outlets and some of our politicians aren’t always that helpful.... ... about the danger of reviving traditional propaganda. Taking this into account, where is the fine line between propaganda and soft power?
A. K.
: Propaganda is one of the instruments of soft power. But the traditional propaganda of the 20th century is ...
... intricate structure but is also dominated by skeptics rather than those who sympathize with the Russian’s policies state or believe in its resurrection.
What do you think should be done to shape Russia's favorable image in the world? Or is the foreign policy image not really essential for building a constructive relationship with the West?
Russia's image does need improvement, although this is very difficult and cannot be done with the help of soft power instruments, since Russia is not Georgia but a huge transcontinental country with a complex assortment of interests and values that are substantially different from those in the West and require clear-cut definition and protection. Wasting ...
