Smart power means the combination of the hard power of command and the soft power of attraction.

The attraction of remaining in power is getting stronger across the region.

Barack Obama understands this networked dimension of leadership and the importance of the soft power of attraction.

Indeed, without the attraction of the EU its soft power such changes would not have occurred.

That will require more use of the soft power of attraction rather than relying so heavily on hard military power, as the Bush administration has done.

Their attraction to the Union is a sign of the appeal the soft power of the idea of European unification.

Soft power is the ability to get what you want through attraction rather than coercion or payment.

When we live up to our own best traditions, we can stimulate emulation and create the soft power of attraction.

The only way to grapple with these problems is through cooperation with others, and that requires the soft power of attraction as well as the hard power of coercion.

Putin s Rules of Attraction

But, as the United States discovered in Iraq, hearts and minds also matter, and smart warriors need the soft power of attraction as well as the hard power of coercion.

Soft power the ability to get what you want by attraction rather than coercion or payment is becoming more important.

Meanwhile, Qatar s diligent efforts to expand its influence over the last two decades have paid off, with the country developing considerable power of attraction.

The attraction was mutual.

Power in a global information age, more than ever, will include a soft dimension of attraction as well as the hard dimensions of coercion and payment.

Though it clearly lacks the power to impose its values by force, the US certainly has the power to unsettle established conditions, both through the attraction of its soft power (the American way of life) and by the exemplary use of force.

A well run military can be a source of attraction, and military cooperation and training programs can establish transnational networks that enhance a country s soft power.

Some other attraction may appear.

The bad news is that he still does not understand soft power the ability to get what you want through attraction rather than coercion.

Without the soft power that produces attraction and loyalty to the leader s goals, entrepreneurs run off in all directions and dissipate a group s energies.

The old castle is a popular tourist attraction.

And so I wondered, could what the future beckons for India to be all about be a combination of these things allied to something else, the power of example, the attraction of India's culture, what, in other words, people like to call soft power.

Now Russia s invasion of Georgia has shattered even the illusion of attraction.

Yet the alternative to global integration holds little attraction.

Yet it is on this bottom board that we find most of the greatest challenges we face today. The only way to grapple with these problems is through cooperation with others, and that requires the soft power of attraction as well as the hard power of coercion.

Stars, planets and moons retain their atmospheres by gravitational attraction.

With its establishment of Confucius Institutes to promote Chinese culture, increased international broadcasting, attraction of foreign students to its universities, and softer diplomacy toward its neighbors in Southeast Asia, China has made major investments in soft power.

Members of law enforcement agencies must be adequately remunerated to counter the attraction of corruption.

The attraction of remaining in power is getting stronger across the region. In view of this, it is essential to seek better systems of checks and balances as well as to strengthen and sharpen public control of the executive.

Barack Obama understands this networked dimension of leadership and the importance of the soft power of attraction. Not only did he successfully use networks in his campaign he has continued to use the Internet to reach out to citizens.

But the attraction depends on seeing what is at the core of the family tradition.

Today s Turkey has also changed dramatically since 1999, both politically and economically, and this has much to do with the EU accession process. Indeed, without the attraction of the EU its soft power such changes would not have occurred.

In essence, dialectic of attraction and rejection is embedded in our collective conscience as Jews and Europeans.

In some fundamentalist circles, and among the terrorists, Western culture evokes repulsion, not attraction.

The magnetic attraction and repulsion between the two has been going on for centuries.

The museum building itself, a national romantic style neomedieval castle, is a tourist attraction.

It is famous around the Arab world and has become a popular tourist attraction.

It is a rotating mass of gas, dust, stars and other objects, held together by mutual gravitational attraction.

If this condition holds at the fixed point, then a sufficiently small neighborhood (basin of attraction) must exist.

These women are Amsterdam s leading tourist attraction (followed by the coffee shops that sell marijuana).

The recognition of an exit possibility reverses that basic process of forging bonds of loyalty. Some other attraction may appear.

The attraction of the SDR donation scheme is that it does not impose any direct costs on donor countries.

Formation of groups, clusters and superclusters Gravitational attraction pulls galaxies towards each other to form groups, clusters and superclusters.

But the main attraction is a shooting gallery where patrons can test their skills between courses.

And indeed, there are now three academic articles in which they've looked at this attraction, which may only last for a second, but it's a definite attraction, and either this same brain region, this reward system, or the chemicals of that reward system are involved.