GZERO published on 6 February 2025 a commentary titled "The End of US Soft Power?" by Evan Soloman.
The author concluded that "US soft power is not gone; it's just diminished. American culture, innovation, and institutions remain resilient to challenges and attractive to billions of people." But the killing of the US Agency for International Development strikes a major blow against US soft power and hard power options are now the most prominent tools available to American foreign policy.
