"Governments now have to share the stage with actors who can use information to enhance their soft power and press governments directly, or indirectly by mobilizing their publics."

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“Cooperation is difficult in the absence of communication.”

“Power, like love, is easier to experience than to define or measure.”

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“Any sense of global community is weak.”

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