Meaning of smart power | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The combination of hard power and soft power strategies.
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2. Efficient energy distribution on a smart grid.
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Examples

“Hillary Clinton today endorsed the use of "smart power" to reassert global US influence, telling the Senate foreign relations committee, which is considering her nomination as secretary of state, that the country cannot do everything in isolation.”

“A national-security budget where we spend 20 times as much money on the military and intelligence agencies as we do on diplomacy, democracy promotion, and smart power, is foreign-policy malpractice in the modern world.”

“The National Infrastructure Commission said a “smart power revolution” which improves the storage of power could transform the energy landscape.”

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