Putting the Elements of Smart Power into Practice

Putting the Elements of Smart Power into Practice

Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State En Route Seoul, South Korea Seoul, South Korea February 19, 2009

SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, we're half way through our trip, and I just wanted to give you a sense of what's next in Korea, and then I think we have time set for tomorrow afternoon to get together to have a conversation as well. We've had kind of a two-day or two-country experience with what I believe are the elements of smart power, if you look at the many tools for doing both diplomacy and development, and for reaching out beyond government-to-government relations to develop a better connection with people in these countries. Because even authoritarian regimes are interested in public opinion, and in democracies at whatever stage of development, obviously, public opinion and people's attitudes about countries influences the decisions that governments make. So for me, this is all of a piece. Indonesia was a particularly good example because we did the gove rnment-to-government meet

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