CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts -- Eliminating USAID and other steps by the Trump administration have weakened U.S. influence in the world, said Joseph Nye, the Harvard University professor emeritus who coined the term soft power.
'China is making efforts to fill the gap,' Harvard scholar says

Joseph Nye developed the theory of soft power in the 1990s. U.S. President Donald Trump has eroded America's soft power, he argues. (Photo by Katsuyoshi Tanaka)
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts -- Eliminating USAID and other steps by the Trump administration have weakened U.S. influence in the world, said Joseph Nye, the Harvard University professor emeritus who coined the term soft power.