CAJ | 학술논문

软实力理论的奠基人约瑟夫·奈认为：尽管美国政治制度和美国全球领导力遭到了广泛质疑，美国软实力的衰落被夸大了。预测中国超过美国属于单向度思维，但世界力量是多向度的。虽然俄罗斯拥有极具吸引力的传统文化，但反自由主义和俄罗斯民族主义意识形态不是软实力的好源泉。在可预见的未来美国仍将保持其全球最强的地位。不过，有充分的理由怀疑美国是否有能力维持其“超级大国”地位，因为主要新兴经济体正在崛起。
연실력이론적전기인약슬부·내인위：진관미국정치제도화미국전구령도력조도료엄범질의，미국연실력적쇠락피과대료。예측중국초과미국속우단향도사유，단세계역량시다향도적。수연아라사옹유겁구흡인력적전통문화，단반자유주의화아라사민족주의의식형태불시연실력적호원천。재가예견적미래미국잉장보지기전구최강적지위。불과，유충분적이유부의미국시부유능력유지기“초급대국”지위，인위주요신흥경제체정재굴기。
Although the health of America’s political institutions and the future of its global leadership had been widely questioned, Joseph S. Nye, who created the term"soft power", argued that the decline of America’s soft power is actually overrated. Projections of China surpassing the United States belong to one-dimensional thinking while the world power is multi-dimensional. Despite the attractiveness of traditional Russian culture, an ideology of anti-liberalism and Russian nationalism is a poor source of soft power. America is still likely to retain its position as the world’s strongest power for the foreseeable future. But there is legitimate reason to doubt America’s ability to maintain its"hyperpower status", because of the rise of major emerging economies.