Lessons from UK's enduring soft power

A heady mix of emotions — admiration, nostalgia, pride and maybe even a touch of schadenfreude — probably caused a friend of mine, an Oxford and Cambridge alumnus (with a string of other degrees from American Ivy League colleges attached to his name) — to send me videos of the trip to Oxford by Japan’s emperor and empress during their recent state visit to the United Kingdom.

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