Soft power as a foreign policy resource of modern states in the context of educational policy

The article discusses various approaches to the analysis of the phenomenon of soft power, including through the prism of educational policy. It is concluded that the educational policy is an important, but not the only component of the resource of soft power of any state. The author pays attention to the various features that make the competitive advantage of the soft power of different states. The author particularly notes that China successfully copies Western cases of the use of soft power, while Russia in all the world rankings for this parameter is usually in the third decile.