“Soft power is the ability to obtain preferred outcomes by attraction rather than coercion or payment.” Joseph Nye                         Aklog Birara (Dr) Part III As I was inquiring the origins and devastating effects of manufactured lies and fake news on societies and on the relations between and among nations, I read “Politics, propaganda and censorship during the Civil Wars: a war of words,” by Bethany Marsh, History Today, August 2020, Volume, 70 Issue 8. The line a ‘lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes’ caught my attention. The phrase is … Continue reading Why the Biden Administration Can Use ‘Soft Power ‘and Restore Faith and Confidence in Human Rights and Democracy