This newspaper supplement came with the author’s Washington Post.
Dr. Michael Schneider, the director of Syracuse University’s D.C. Public Diplomacy program, calls our attention to an update on the topic of China’s “sharp power” thrust.
The Journal of Democracy carries a set of eight articles on “China in Xi’s new era” examining the country’s internal changes in the wake of the 19th Party Congress, its expanding global ambitions, and its influence operations from Canberra to the Czech Republic.
- Susan Shirk examines how Xi Jinping has dismantled the mechanisms put in place after Mao Zedong’s death to prevent the “over-concentration of power.”
- Minxin Pei assesses China’s newly assertive foreign policy.
- Shanthi Kalathil describes how China’s growth-without-liberalization agenda is changing the conversation on development.
- Orville Schell surveys the neglected treasury of Chinese democratic thought.
- And China’s overseas influence efforts come under the spotlight in articles by John Fitzgerald on Australia, Anne-Marie Brady on New Zealand, Donald K. Emmerson on Singapore, and Martin Hala on Central and Eastern Europe. “
This blog covered the original report on “Sharp Power” produced by the National Endowment for Democracy. For brief background on the issue, see our post “A New Challenge for Public Diplomacy.”
Joe B. Johnson consults on government communication and technology after a career in the United States Foreign Service. He is an instructor for the National Foreign Affairs Training Center, where he teaches strategic planning for public diplomacy. Read More
