Democracy is the best school to learn soft power.

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

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

In the information age, it's not just whose army wins, but whose story wins.

As we think of power in the 21st century, we want to get away from the idea that power’s always zero sum — my gain is your loss and vice versa. Power can also be positive sum, where your gain can be my gain.

Terrorism is like jujitsu: The small players win if they make the large player use his strength against himself.

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.