“Although the North Korea conundrum may, unfortunately, require hard power, relying on soft power is the most logical approach to dealing with China and overcoming intraregional rivalries that affect many issues.” This was one conclusion of the University of Southern California’s Philip Seib in a readout of a conference on May 18-20 in Brisbane, Australia, “Soft Power and Public Diplomacy in the Indo-Pacific.” His op-ed, “Public Diplomacy in the Pacific,” ran on The Huffington Post website on May 22, 2016. For Public Diplomacy practitioners, the concept of “collaborative public diplomacy” seems fruitful. Here are some of Seib’s key points:
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