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International higher education, in its role as a political actor, is strongly attracted to the concept of soft power. Developed by Joseph Nye about a decade ago, soft power is popularly understood as the ability to influence others and achieve national selfinterest(s) through attraction and persuasion rather than through coercion, military force, or economic sanctions—commonly known as hard power.
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Knight, J. (2017). Global: Moving From Soft Power to Knowledge Diplomacy. In: Mihut, G., Altbach, P.G., Wit, H.d. (eds) Understanding Higher Education Internationalization. Global Perspectives on Higher Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-161-2_82
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