kekuatan lunak
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compound of kekuatan (“power”) lunak (“soft”), calque of English soft power.
Pronunciation
[edit]Phrase
[edit]- (politics) soft power: political influence that is extended by means of diplomacy, media, international assistance, cultural exchanges, etc., rather than by such "hard" means as military intervention or punitive economic measures.
Further reading
[edit]- “kekuatan lunak” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.