Analysis of the Czech Republic’s "soft power" as an instrument of its foreign policy

This article presents an analysis of the phenomenon of "soft power" of the Czech Republic as an instrument of its foreign policy. The concept of "soft power" and its approaches from the position of political scientist Joseph Nye are considered, and the ways of implementing the Czech Republic's soft power policy abroad are given. The official and unofficial mechanisms of public diplomacy are analyzed, and the problems and challenges that limit the use of soft power instruments by the Czech Republic are identified.