id	author	title	date	pages	extension	mime	words	sentence	flesch	summary	cache	txt
ajrhss-2982	Shakhzodbek Makhmudov	HARD AND SOFT POWER IN DEMOCRATIC SYSTEMS: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS	2025	9	.pdf	application/pdf	4632	248	43	In his groundbreaking work Soft Power: The Means to Success in World Politics, Nye (2004) proposed that soft power enables a state American Journal of Research in Humanities and Social Sciences Volume 37 June - 2025 P a g e | 2 www.americanjournal.org to influence others to align with its interests without coercion or economic incentives. Finally, the Financial Times (2025) article Trump and the End of American Soft Power underscores the scope of domestic political disruption, specifically during Trump's presidency, that has affected the credibility of soft power globally.	cache/ajrhss-2982.pdf	txt/ajrhss-2982.txt