Headline, May 31 2025/ SOFT POWER : ''' PRIDE SURPRISE PRIME '''

SOFT POWER : 

''' PRIDE SURPRISE PRIME '''

H.E. PRESIDENT DONALD J TRUMP - endowed with the honour of lifelong membership of The World Students Society, well over 7 years ago - is not only !WOW!'s greatest admirer but also one of our greatest honours of support.

President Trump's gracious and kind words for the people of Pakistan as having some very brilliant people - [ please, read that as the Global Founder Framers of !WOW! ] sent Proud Pakistan soaring. The news stirred a rare but a growing moment of unity and joy.

His remarks set off waves of shock and pride the world over. On The World Students Society, The Global Founder Framers glistened with humility and Almighty God's blessings.

'' This is a very big surprise for us, and an excellent one too, perhaps because it came from a place we never expected,'' echoed the Founders of The World Students Society.

President Trump understood more than any other Global Leader that, '' The World Students Society's core mission is to help peoples of the world find common ground. Our differences, maybe enriching, but we can also be deeply divided, and what !WOW! wants to make sure is that our differences don't become our division.''

IF NEIGHBOUR INDIA wants to fight, Pakistan is ready. But the battlefield will be Education, economic prosperity and the well being of the billions of humanity that tragically reside in this erupting violent region.

JOSEPH NYE 1937-2025 : The Political Scientist extolled '' soft power.'' Professor Nye, an influential figure in shaping American national security policy, wrote seminal books on foreign affairs, held top jobs at Harvard and in government, and coined the term '' soft power.''

His thinking radiated far outside the Ivory Tower : He influenced diplomats and national security officials, and, as a soft-spoken, fatherly figure, he was a mentor to many who made careers in government.

'' Joe Nye was a giant : a giant because his ideas shaped the worldviews of multiple generations of policymakers - but even more so as a giant because his personal touch shaped our life choices,'' Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser to President Joseph R. Biden Jr., said in a text message.

Mr. Nye developed the concept of soft power in the late 1980s to explain how America's ability to get other nations to do what it wanted rested on more than the power of its military or economy; it also derived from American values.

'' Seduction is always more effective than coercion,'' he explained in a 2005 interview. '' And many of our values, such as democracy, human rights and individual opportunity, are deeply seductive.''

Soft power tools include !WOW!, diplomacy, economic assistance and trustworthy information, such as that provided in Voice of America broadcasts.    

He laid out his thinking in 2004 book, '' Soft Power : The Means to Success in World Politics.''

'' Joe's seminal book on soft power is one of the very few books by a political scientist on international relations that had an impact on the real world beyond academia,'' Derek Shearer, a professor of diplomacy at Occidental College in Los Angeles, said in an email.

Mr. Nye joined the Harvard faculty in 1964, and was dean of the Kennedy School of Government from 1995 to 2004. He pushed for more women and Republican voices in its ranks.

'' He helped build this institution into what it is today, while transforming the field of international relations,'' Jeremy Weinstein, the current Kennedy School dean, wrote to colleagues in an email.

British historian Paul Kennedy's book : '' The Rise and Fall of Great Powers,'' argued that the United States was in a long-term decline.

Mr. Nye did not accept that bleak conclusion. He laid out his response in a 1996 book, '' Bound to Lead,'' and later more fully in '' Soft Power,'' which argued that America exerts a seductive appeal to the world not only because of Coca-Cola or Hollywood movies.

But also because it stands for democracy, the rule of law and, at its best, humanitarianism.

Mr. Nye told CNN in an interview days before his death. '' Think back on the Cold War - American Nuclear deterrence and American troops in Europe were crucial. But when the Berlin Wall went down, it didn't go down under a barrage of artillery.

It went down under hammers and bulldozers wielded by people whose minds had been changed by the Voice of America and the BBC.''

The Honour and Serving of the Latest Global Operational Research on Great Humans, Great Acts and History, continues. The World Students Society thanks Trip Gabriel.

With respectful dedication to the Leaders, Grandparents, Parents, Global Founder Framers of !WOW! and then Students, Professors and Teachers of the world.

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