Hard V. soft power --- I think soft power is still effective today and in a way that effective than hard power such as military or economic coercion tends to result in an immediate but short-duration outcome. Soft power induce voluntary actions of changes which last long. For example: at the regional level, the EU is a leading institution in using soft power in human rights diplomacy through its human rights dialogues, inclusion of human rights clauses to its agreements and linkage of human rights to their trade policy with the external countries.

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