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class=\"tg-element-2\"><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/bfpg.co.uk\/2026\/05\/soft-power-is-the-edge-in-a-hard-power-era\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><div class=\"tg-item-clear\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tg-item-content-holder tg-dark image-format\" data-position=\"bottom\"><span class=\"tg-cats-holder tg-element-4\"><a class=\"category\" href=\"https:\/\/bfpg.co.uk\/category\/articles\/\" rel=\"category\" data-term-id=\"133\"><span class=\"tg-item-term\" >Articles<\/span><\/a><span>   <\/span><a class=\"category\" href=\"https:\/\/bfpg.co.uk\/category\/articles\/uk-perspectives\/\" rel=\"category\" data-term-id=\"169\"><span class=\"tg-item-term\" >UK Perspectives<\/span><\/a><\/span><h2 class=\"tg-item-title tg-element-3\"><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/bfpg.co.uk\/2026\/05\/soft-power-is-the-edge-in-a-hard-power-era\/\">Soft power is the edge in a hard power era<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"tg-item-excerpt tg-element-5\">Jack Pannell argues that, in a volitile world, soft power remains vital to the UK....<\/p><span class=\"tg-item-author tg-element-7\"><span class=\"tg-item-author-name\"><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/bfpg.co.uk\/author\/jpannell\/\">Jack Pannell<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"tg-item-comment tg-element-8\"><i class=\"tg-icon-chat\"><\/i><span>0<\/span><\/span><div class=\"tg-item-clear\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/article><!-- The Grid item #2 --><article class=\"tg-item tg-post-22180 tg-bfpg-home-articles-categories f133 f169 tg-item-reveal\" data-id=\"22180\" data-date=\"1777560190\" data-title=\"BFPG\u2019s March\" data-author=\"BFPG\" data-none=\"0\" data-row=\"1\" data-col=\"1\"><div class=\"tg-item-inner\"><div class=\"tg-item-media-holder tg-light\"><div class=\"tg-item-media-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"tg-item-image\" alt=\"\" width=\"1940\" height=\"1492\" src=\"https:\/\/bfpg.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DSC6811-1940x1492.jpg\"><\/div><div class=\"tg-item-media-content \"><div 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