US soft power has suffered decline at unprecedented levels, something President Joe Biden understands and is working hard to address. But can he succeed? Can US soft power recover? This article is published by Democracy Digest. Here is an excerpt:

Global perceptions of US democracy have deteriorated to unprecedented negative levels, according to a new Pew Research Center poll. Meanwhile, the West’s democracies seem more interested in fighting over fish than freedom.

People in Taiwan, Italy and Greece were the most positive about the state of American democracy; Singapore, Australia and New Zealand the least, the Post reports.

Can US soft power recover? Harvard University’s Joseph S. Nye, Jr. asks. It would not be the first time. The US has serious problems, but it also has a capacity for resilience and reform that has rescued it in the past, he writes for Project Syndicate.

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