“…Third, it is primarily archives and museums that have been analysed in soft-power research. Finally, the literature often has an implied liberal institutionalist perspective that overlooks negative or hegemonic aspects of soft power (Najafqolinejad and Hassanzadeh, 2016;Witt, 2014aWitt, , 2014bWitt, , 2020. Thus, libraries and their role as soft-power actors is an area that presents opportunities for future research, which may contribute to understanding how they operate in the wider political and international arenas.…”