Ernest J. Wilson

Articles and Speeches

Governing Global Electronic Networks Conclusion
Governing Global Electronic Networks, 2008

Hard Power, Soft Power, Smart Power
The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2008

This article pushes beyond hard power and soft power to insist on smart power, defined as the capacity of an actor to combine elements of hard power and soft power in ways that are mutually reinforcing such that the actor's purposes are advanced effectively and efficiently. It argues that advancing smart power has become a national security imperative, driven both by long-term structural changes in international conditions and by short-term failures of the current administration. The current debates over public diplomacy and soft power suffer from failures to address conceptual, institutional, and political dimensions of the challenge, three dimensions the author addresses in this article.

Digital Media, Democracy, and Diversity: An Imperfect Discourse
MEDIA RE:PUBLIC, 2008

Is There Really a Scholar-Practitioner Gap? An Institutional Analysis
American Political Science Association, January 2007

The relationship between scholars and practitioners is a continuing source of concern to both communities. Each side complains about the insularity of the other and routinely points to gaps that separate them.

CHINA ’S ROLE IN THE WORLD: Is China a Responsible Stakeholder in Africa?
Testimony before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, 2006
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission Hearing

There are few issues more vital to U.S. national interests than understanding and responding appropriately to the changing global role of the People’s Republic of China.

Trends in China’s Transition Toward a Knowledge Economy
Asian Survey, 2005

This essay identifies critical trends in the evolution of information technology sectors in China. Chinese policymakers will have to make decisions in four areas that will shape the knowledge economy and may help transform China from being a technology market taker to a market maker.

CHINA’S INFLUENCE IN AFRICA: Implications for U.S. Policy
Testimony before the Sub-Committee on Arica, Human Rights and International Operations, 2005
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Divining U.S. interests out of the intersections of China and Africa is truly a daunting challenge. We are dealing with more than 50 African countries, each quite different from the others, and each with different relations with China; we are tracking and evaluating half a dozen critical foreign policy issues, from petroleum to foreign aid; and from this mix we then try to distill answers to the question- “So what? What should America do, if anything, about the influence of China in Africa?” Let me take up each of these in turn.

Engaged Scholars and Thoughtful Practitioners: Enhancing Their Dialogue in the Knowledge Society
Information Technologies and International Development, 2005

An irony of the current stage of the global information revolution is the contradiction we observe between the rhetoric of cooperation and the realities of conflict among the stakeholders.

Chapter 4: South Africa
Negotiating the Net, 2005

Chapter 7: Kenya
Negotiating the Net, 2005

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