Soft Powers of Oman in Foreign Affairs

Oman's soft and intangible powers have been increasing dramatically in the new millennium. Half of its soft power components, culture, and national morale, had already been there for centuries. The other half, governmental skills and diplomatic skills started to be shown in the international arena in the last two decades. Its mediation tactics, becoming the back channel between the Euro-Atlantic zone and Iran in triangulated diplomacy, pursuing quiet diplomacy, and putting an acceptable distance between NATO and Gulf on a seesaw assisted Oman to reach the diplomatic soft power rank. Among Oman’s governmental skills, moral values, effective services, the credibility of the government, and good political and economic orchestrating could be counted. This paper finds and elaborates on Oman’s soft power sub-components and brings pieces of evidence to its scholastic allegations to be a primary resource as a first article on this topic