Akçadağ Alagöz, Emine2023-11-272023-11-2720190951-27481470-1332https://hdl.handle.net/11363/6536https://doi.org/The aim of this article is to assess the creation of the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank within the scope of China’s smart power strategy, which will help not only to analyze China’s strategic use of its coercive and co-optive capacity, but also to understand better the concept of smart power. Given that the wisdom of statecraft can only be situationally determined, through this study I will propose the ability to achieve targeted objectives, the skill to use hard and soft power instruments in such a way that they reinforce each other, good interpretation of the existing regional and global contexts, time planning, and compatibility with long-term interests as criteria for judging the effectiveness of a smart power implementation.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAsian Infrastructure Investment BankChinaone belt one roadsmart powersoft powerArticle32695197110.1080/09512748.2018.15195932-s2.0-85057548221Q1WOS:000487135500002Q1