... examines the local context where several similar international congresses (on free trade, universal peace, prison reform, public hygiene, etc.) were organized in the same decade. It argues that the new Belgian state developed this new form of international conference in order to bolster its soft power...

... to science diplomacy practitioners today. This essay is part of a special issue entitled Science Diplomacy , edited by Giulia Rispoli and Simone Turchetti. © 2020 by the Regents of the University of California 2020 science diplomacy historiography scientific diplomacy soft power international...

... agenda in Western Europe in the early Cold War. © 2008 by The Regents of the University of California neo-colonialism nuclear power nuclear weapons non-proliferation soft power State Department AEC IAEA European integration JOHN KRIGE The Peaceful Atom as Political Weapon: Euratom...