Not soft power. Military/political/financial power ( pax americana ). NZ is part of the vassal/ally network we have all around the world. The US has tons of so

Not soft power. Military/political/financial power ( pax americana ). NZ is part of the vassal/ally network we have all around the world. The US has tons of soft power in china, russia, etc, but no real influence in either because we have no political/military dominion over them. At least not yet. Canada is a prime example. Canada has "soft power" in china but still their "citizens/spies" are arrested and they have to beg the US/EU to help free their "citizens/spies" in china. And for all the mocking of Trump that canada loves to do, when trump cracks the whip and tells them to arrest a chinese executive, they do it. It wasn't Trump's "soft power" that made canada jump, that's for sure. It isn't trump's "soft power" that make sweden, britain, etc side with him over china either. Neither pax americana, pax romana, pax mongolica, etc were built around soft power. Actually the dependence on "soft power" probably signaled the end of pax romana, pax mongolica, etc.