Smart power

In international relations, the term "power" is categorized in three forms: hard, soft and smart. Smart power refers mainly to the use of soft means of influence, such as diplomacy, combined with the exercise of hard, military power.

Turkey has long pursued a policy of soft-power diplomacy in the Balkans. More recently, the defence sector has come to the fore.

Professor Joseph Nye is one of the world's most distinguished political scientists and thinkers and has made a considerable contribution to international relations in the last 50 years.

Turkey can be the "bedrock of stability" in the Middle East, according to Joseph S. Nye, a prominent political scientist from Harvard University who served as an assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs during the presidency of Bill Clinton.

Senate Chairman Calin Popescu Tariceanu said on Monday that on the 30th anniversary of the collapse of the dictatorial regimes in Eastern Europe "the value and power of freedom" are celebrated, along with the privilege of living in democratic societies,"which offers opportunities and hopes to the majority of citizens." "What we are truly celebrating today, 30 years after the fall of the Berlin