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%T Assessment of Soft Power Strategies: Towards an Aggregative Analytical Model for Country-Focused Case Study Research %A Patalakh, Artem %J Croatian International Relations Review %N 76 %P 85-112 %V 22 %D 2016 %K Realism; Soft power; Soft power game; Soft power instruments; Soft power strategy; Soft power sources %@ 1848-5782 %~ Università degli Studi di Milano %> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-53381-3 %X The paper advances a realist analytical model for case studies of national soft power policies. First, it argues that for the purposes of realist analysis, a soft power policy must be considered as a rational strategy pursued under the conditions of competition. Furthermore, it emphasises the importance of taking into account the specificities of the recipient state as well as the fact that a soft power strategy is targeted at both its elite and its public. In addition, the article substantiates the necessity to draw a clear-cut distinction between soft power sources and instruments and shows possible shortcomings that research can have should this distinction fail to be made. Finally, the paper discusses the impact of a competitor’s presence on a soft power strategy and specifies the terms under which disregarding this impact may engender a wrong conclusion. %C MISC %G en %9 Zeitschriftenartikel %W GESIS - http://www.gesis.org %~ SSOAR - http://www.ssoar.info