Joining the #IAS_NUQ Virtual Event Series, Maria Repnikova, director of the Center for Global Information Studies and an associate professor in global communication at Georgia State University, discussed China’s soft power and the ways it is conceptualized and practiced through different public policy mechanisms. In her talk, Repnikova examined how, In contrast to Joseph Nye’s original idea of soft power, which originated in the West, China’s global influence tends to be understood as more fluid, practiced across cultural, but also educational, sporting, communication, and diplomatic domains.
About the book*:
This Element presents an overarching analysis of Chinese visions and practices of soft power. Maria Repnikova's analysis introduces the Chinese theorization of the idea of soft power, as well as its practical implementation across global contexts.
The key channels or mechanisms of China's soft power examined include Confucius Institutes, international communication, education and training exchanges, and public diplomacy spectacles.
The discussion concludes with suggestions for new directions for the field, drawing on the author's research on Chinese soft power in Africa.
*Book description by Cambridge University Press
