Power is the ability to affect others to get the outcomes you want, and that can be done by coercion, payment or attraction.

Power is the ability to affect others to get the outcomes you want, and that can be done by coercion, payment or attraction.

America should find its interests in ways which are more consistent with the interests of other countries, which are things that are good for us but also good for others. That will make Americans exporters of hope again, not exporters of fear.

The national interest is predetermined by geopolitics or the history of a country. Important political leaders never just followed their interests - they were concerned about the interests of their people.

Money and donations are an important part of our political system. They are hard power.

America rests on shared values rather than shared ethnicity.

American power in the world relies on these ideals of openness and critical debate.