The spring/summer 2025 runways were packed with new designers at the helm of big brands, fresh ideas, and plenty of new trends that are set to take over next year. Powder pink is the specific color ...

Staging FIFA's showcase tournament was meant to enhance U.S. soft power, but instead seems to be eroding it as the country's ...

You’ve probably heard of “soft power.” The word “soft” has many connotations, among them “feeble” or “weak.” Softness also denotes gentleness, kindness, tenderness, so the term, “soft power” may seem ...

One astonishing phenomenon (of admittedly many) in this second presidency of Donald Trump is his voluntary transfer of America’s greatest asset to his counterpart in the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin. That ...

President Donald Trump has never been a fan of soft power. He much prefers the hard stuff: tough diplomacy, throwing around the weight of American might. In keeping with this ethos, Trump has made ...

Young Western social media users are embracing a “very Chinese time” of their lives, and China’s government is keen to use this moment to boost the country’s cultural influence worldwide.

And he’s shooting America’s diplomats in the foot. As the Trump administration tightens its grip on government, it is branding diplomacy as personal theater and sidelining the institutions that once ...

One astonishing phenomenon (of admittedly many) in this second presidency of Donald Trump is his voluntary transfer of America’s greatest asset to his counterpart in the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin. That ...