Recently, Soft Power has gained widespread recognition as a foreign policy tool, although still perhaps secondary to traditional Hard Power discourse. Dr.Parama Sinha Palit in this podcast elucidates on, the historical context of Soft Power and its use in peacebuilding/sustainable peace efforts. Citing cases from China's extensive usage of Soft Power as a tool of foreign policy and comparison with India which has long exercised Soft Power rooted in its ancient civilization and Foreign Policy.