Monday, 27 June, 2022
TopicSoft power

Topic: soft power

China trying to build soft power, but its voice outside is brittle and wooden

Vikram Sood -
In ‘The Ultimate Goal’, former R&AW Chief Vikram Sood writes on how Chinese leaders presume the main method of exercising soft power is through state institutions.

Indian food fourth most popular in the world, a study of cuisine trade finds

Srijan Shukla -
With Italian, Japanese & Chinese food occupying top 3 spots, cuisine emerges as weakest link in Anglo-American cultural hegemony, says study by US economist.

Prasar Bharati wants to switch off AIR short-wave service, India’s voice around the world

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
Prasar Bharati's decision might hurt India's reach, but public broadcaster justifies move, saying 'short-wave transmissions hardly have any impact anymore on global opinion-making'.

Until 2016, India was on course to break into soft power group of 30 nations. Then it fell

Jonathan McClory -
It is systemic issues like corruption, poverty, inequality, gender inequality, and pollution that weigh on global perceptions of India.

Attempts at remaking India are eroding its soft power globally

Shashi Tharoor -
India's soft power globally is being undermined by the fact by the impression that it is being governed by obscurantist and intolerant forces. 

Soft power, hard battles

Shekhar Gupta -
Soft power is not just about movies, sport, music and culture. It's also about quality of democracy and institutions, moral influence.

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Economy

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G7 ban on new Russian gold imports ‘largely symbolic’, may not have major impact

Ranjeetha Pakiam -
The US, UK, Japan and Canada plan to announce the ban during the G7 summit that started Sunday in Germany. Flows have already been restricted by previous sanctions.

Defence

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Almost 4,000 enrol for IAF’s Agnipath recruitment scheme on day 1 of online registrations

Raghav Bikhchandani -
These registrations pertain to the Indian Air Force's Agniveer Vayu programme. The online portal for the first phase was opened at 10 am Friday, and will close on 5 July.

National Interest

With Agnipath, Modi govt’s shock & awe doctrine may have misfired a vital reform, yet again

Shekhar Gupta -
Modi govt's biggest flaw has been its disinclination to accept limitations of electoral majorities. This ruined land acquisition and farm reform, stalled labour codes.

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