yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 12/3/2008
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Via Michael Chertoff is making sense :
The Bush administration’s point man in protecting America against terrorism says U.S. investments in safety should not be restricted to airport screening machines or border fences. Michael Chertoff says the U.S. also should spend more on ...
online.wsj.com - 12/3/2008
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online.wsj.com —
The homeland-security secretary, in a new stance, says
the U.S. should spend more on foreign-aid programs and...
other tools of 'soft power' to fight terrorism.
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Chertoff Pushes Use of 'Soft Power'
motherjones.com - 12/3/2008
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motherjones.com —
SOFT POWER.... Matt Yglesias talks framing: Can we
retire the term...
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Soft Power
blogs.tnr.com - 12/3/2008
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blogs.tnr.com —
Now Michael Chertoff catches the fever : The
Bush administration's point man in protecting America against terrorism...
says U.S. investments in safety should not be restricted to airport screening machines or border fences. Michael Chertoff says ...
(more)
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Manly Men And Hard Power
Newshoggers.com —
... Matt Y is back to the perennial problem of following framing that suits conservative narratives today. The particular instance for discussion is the "real men go to Tehran" mindset, whichg equates hard power with "real men" and characterizes those who prefer non-military alternatives as "flaccid" in the manliness department. ...
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Political Animal —
... that the U.S. "should spend more on foreign-aid programs, scholarships for foreign students and other tools of so-called soft power." Soft power is, of course, the phrase Joseph Nye coined to describe foreign policy tools that nations can use to "achieve desired outcomes through attraction rather than coercion." Yglesias agrees with Chertoff's sentiment, but wants to retire the term "soft power" permanently. I always feel that it's been popularized not so much by Professor Nye as by deranged warmongers who like the idea of terming every alternative to militarism as somehow ...
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