Does “soft power” matter in international relations? Specifically, when the United States
seeks cooperation from countries around the world, do the views of their publics about US …

By focusing on global engagement between governments (along with corporations and
nongovernmental organizations [NGOs]) and citizens of foreign nations, public diplomacy …

Does foreign aid extended by one country improve that country's image among populations
of recipient countries? Using a multinational survey, we show that a United States aid …

Global public opinion has emerged as a prominent issue in international relations. But have
US public diplomacy efforts during the post-9/11 period successfully improved foreign …

The debate around humanitarian intervention and the responsibility to protect generally
concerns a collective action problem on the international level: motivating states to …

What can states expect to receive in return for the military aid they provide to other states?
Can military aid buy recipient state compliance with donor objectives? In this study, we …

This paper analyzes the Dutch deployment in Uruzgan between 2006 and 2010 with an eye
to the challenge of garnering public support for protracted military missions abroad. The …

This article argues that there are theories of international relations (IR) in Japan and that
these theories are mostly of middle range type. I first give a brief survey of IR studies in …

In the early 1990s, the Russian public held overwhelmingly favorable attitudes toward the
United States; in recent years, attitudes toward the United States have been overwhelmingly …

Foreign aid is a policy tool implemented with the purpose of fostering both hard and soft
power abroad. Yet, previous research has not probed the effects of US foreign aid on public …