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Would 'soft power' be better for UK?

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Does the future of foreign policy lie in soft, as opposed to, hard power, or conventional military might?

Professor Malcolm Chalmers, research director at the Royal United Service Institute, and Professor Paul Cornish of Chatham House debate how useful the "power of ideas" would be for British defence.


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