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Hendrik Ohnesorge (WSP fall 2022) will present his new edited volume, Soft Power and the Future of U.S. Foreign Policy (Manchester University Press, 2023). This volume explores the role of soft power in US foreign policy past, present and future. It addresses vital issue areas – including terrorism threats, foreign economic policy and cultural diplomacy – as well as crucial bilateral relations – including Sino-American, Russian-American and transatlantic. In so doing, it offers an assessment of Joe Biden’s first year in office as well as future perspectives and recommendations regarding the role of soft power in US foreign policy. The book is an essential and unique resource for understanding how soft power informs US foreign policy and diplomatic practice today and how it will continue to do so in the years to come.
Dr. Ohnesorge is the Managing Director of the Center for Global Studies (CGS) at the University of Bonn as well as Lecturer and Research Fellow at the Chair in International Relations, Institute for Political Science and Sociology, University of Bonn.