Confucius Institutes: China’s Cultural Soft Power Strategy

Cultural Confrontation and Soft Power in

Due to its cultural capacities, Islamic revolution of Iran has challenged US interests in Islamic world especially the sensitive area of middle-east through the application of cultural power and soft power earlier than US. Islamic awakening, political and revolutionary Islam which has spread all over Arab Countries in middle-east and north Africa is an outcome of methods, tools and soft power a...

Cultural Sources of Iran’s Soft Power (Case Study of 2025 Vision Statement)

Having applied qualitative content analysis, this article tries to study Islamic Republic of Iran’s sources of soft power in its 2025 vision statement. Iran’s 2025 vision statement has been studied and examined with respect to cultural sources that may influence Iran’s soft power. Findings of the article indicate that Iran’s 2025 vision statement enjoys desirable capacities and potentials to en...

China’s Soft Power Policies and Strategies: The Cultural Activist State

‘Soft power’ has become a popular concept in Chinese political discourse, frequently appearing in government documents, academic discussions and the mainstream media. This article defines soft power as a form of state activism through culture – and examines the ongoing discourses at home and abroad on China’s soft power in transition, exploring the strengths, weaknesses, and potential of China ...

Cultural implications of business strategy-making

The central issue in strategy formulation and implementation process, or strategy-making, is the identification of environmental forces and the preparation of a plan of action to deal with them. This necessitates scanning the environment for gathering information. Environmental scanning should enable the firm to identify these forces. Doing this not only calls for information gathering, but als...

Symbolic Power in Cultural Contexts SYMBOLIC POWER IN CULTURAL CONTEXTS