The importance of military soft power

Canada should accept more foreign cadets into its military schools.

Cadets stand in line to receive their diplomas during the commencement ceremony at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., May 21. West Point and Canada’s Royal Military College run a popular exchange program.U.S. Army photograph by Staff Sgt. Vito T. Bryant

Opinion

BY ABELARDO GóMEZ, MICHAEL O’SHEA

May 25, 2016

In the late 1980s, Joseph Nye coined the term “soft power” to refer to the ability of a country to shape the preferences of others. That is, the ability to shape their long-term attitudes and preferences without using “hard power” tools such as force or coercion. It is why embassies and con...

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