Will Trump’s bureaucracy overhaul free up resources for US to compete with China?
Foreign aid freeze and policy chaos could undermine soft power, but changes may put Washington in better position in rivalry ...
Al Jazeera on MSN6d
For China, USAID’s demise could be a soft power win in Southeast Asia
As the United States winds back humanitarian assistance in Southeast Asia, its rival China may see an opportunity to expand ...
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Gutting aid, US cedes soft power game to China
When President Donald Trump froze nearly all US foreign aid, Cambodia was forced to suspend workers removing dangerous mines ...
DeepSeek may give China the soft power edge it’s looking for, particularly in Global South
If DeepSeek is cheaper alternative ‘it is possible that AI development and adoption in the Global South could take a Chinese ...
'Handing on a silver platter': How Donald Trump's suspension of USAID helps China
US President Trump's suspension of USAID funding has disrupted global humanitarian and development efforts, opening doors for ...
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Gutting aid, US cedes soft power game to China
Will China step up? The United States has long been the top donor ... Ohnesorge, a scholar of soft power, said Trump has a highly transactional worldview and is more attuned to hard power.
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Gutting aid, US cedes soft power game to China
Successive US administrations have vowed to wage a global competition with China, described as the ... effort by the United States to exercise "soft power" -- the ability of a country to persuade ...
KTEN8d
Gutting aid, US cedes soft power game to China
When President Donald Trump froze nearly all US foreign aid, Cambodia was forced to suspend workers removing dangerous mines from the country -- until China stepped in with the necessary funding.