Putins agents of influence, now in France: the Paris-based Institute of Democracy and Cooperation, La Russie dAujourdhui (Todays Russia), a monthly advertising supplement published in the conservative Le Figaro newspaper (produced and sponsored by the Kremlin-controlled Rossiyskaya gazeta), National Front. Analysts point out that soft power usually goes hand in hand with economic expansion and is largely ineffectual as the kind of top-down, government-driven campaign that Russia appears to be waging. American soft power is exerted through companies, Coca-Cola, McDonalds at every street corner, U.S. clothes – in short, by things that are not managed by the U.S. government, says Vaissie. Russias soft power goes through communication and propaganda rather than by what really makes a country powerful: firms and products. All we have from Russia is gas and vodka. rferl.org/content/russia-soft-power-france/25433946.html
Posted on: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 18:50:41 +0000
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