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EU Public Diplomacy and the Eastern Partnership : Some Reflections on Goals, Determinants and Constraints
2018
The aim of this article is to show public diplomacy using the example of the European Union, which by its very nature is perceived as an actor with a natural potential to conduct public diplomacy. In a more detailed perspective, the analysis concerns EU public diplomacy towards the states of the Eastern Partnership, which is both an addressee of its objectives and a catalyst for its difficulties and constraints. The article consists of three parts. In the first part, the definitions’ section of public diplomacy was briefly presented. In the second part, the aims and objectives of public diplomacy in the understanding of the European Union were presented. An important element of this section…
„Demokracja in Progress”. Działalność Ministerstwa Spraw Zagranicznych na rzecz wzmacniania społeczeństwa obywatelskiego w Polsce
2016
Dyplomacja towarzyszy ludzkości od zarania dziejów i, podobnie jak polityka zagraniczna (z którą jest nieodłącznie kojarzona), podlega zmianom, adaptując się do zmienionych warunków środowiska międzynarodowego. Współczesny świat, który cechuje się znacznym stopniem skomplikowania, rosnącą liczebnością i różnorodnością aktorów międzynarodowych oraz sieciowością powiązań, tworzy zarówno dla polityki zagranicznej, jak i samej dyplomacji zupełnie nowe, nieznane dotąd wyzwania. Dzisiaj miarą ich efektywności jest stopień, w jakim odpowiedzialne za nie podmioty adaptują do swoich działań zasady dyplomacji publicznej. Ta ostatnia upodmiotowiła na arenie międzynarodowej niepaństwowych aktorów, nada…
Faith- based diplomacy and cultural security: Between pluralism and particularism
2023
Two basic approaches to faith-based diplomacy (FBD) have developed over the last twenty years. For some, it is a synonym of supra-denominational conflict prevention and resolution, and for others, it is an element of the state’s foreign policy exploited to achieve not just cultural but also political goals. The purpose of the chapter is to present the interrelationships between FBD and cultural security in the context of the “return of religion” and the “post-secular turn”. The conducted analysis, which is theoretical in nature, contributes to the discussion on the role of the religious determinant, pointing to the existence of two fundamentally separate approaches to the application of rel…
Iniziative per la diffusione della lingua e della cultura italiana nella Cina pre-1949
2020
Until recently scholars who have examined the diffusion of the Italian language in China have focussed on the People’s Republic of China. However, we have proof of early teaching and cultural activities by Italian schools in China since the late 19th century. Most of them though were run by Catholic missions receiving financial support from the Italian government and initially they did not include language teaching, due to the locals’ lack of interest. The reason for this was to be found in the weak diplomatic, political and economic role played – particularly when compared with other foreign powers. This was clear to Italian diplomats – yet a real breakthrough for the popularization of Ita…
Diplomātijas loma Uzbekistānas valsts tēla popularizēšanā starptautiskajā arēnā
2021
Ekonomiskā diplomātija tiek uztverta un pretstatīta kā sava veida iejaukšanās brīvajā tirdzniecībā pasaulē globalizācijas apstākļos, turklāt tā tiek īstenota lielākajā daļā attīstīto valstu kā neatņemama ārpolitikas sastāvdaļa, kuras aizstāv brīvo tirgus principus. Darbā tiek analizētas izmaiņas Uzbekistānas ekonomiskajā diplomātijā pēc prezidenta Šavkata Mirzijojeva ievēlēšanas, kā arī tās ietekmi uz valsts tēlu starptautiskajā arēnā. Bakalaura darba rezultāti norāda, ka Uzbekistānai īsā laikā ir izdevies ieņemt izdevīgu diplomātisko stāvokli, pateicoties jaunai un drosmīgai valsts politikas maiņai. Bakalaura darbs sastāv no 3 nodaļām. 1.nodaļā ir izklāstītas galvenās definīcijas un koncep…
Conceptualisation of heritage diplomacy in scholarship
2022
Heritage diplomacy is a recent concept and a new area of interest in the expanding scope of diplomacy. The concept is explored with various epistemological foci and theoretical frameworks in Western scholarship. It is often used to describe joint international projects or government initiatives abroad for preserving tangible cultural heritage. Several recent studies link heritage diplomacy to attempts to develop reciprocal relations between countries, regions, and/or communities through cultural heritage based on dialogue. This article contributes to interdisciplinary scholarship on heritage diplomacy by clarifying the concept, including its inherent notions of cultural heritage and approac…
Suitable for Western Audiences: UNESCO and the Self-fulfilling Prophecy of Cinematic Cultural Diplomacy
2020
Through a reading of cinematic cultural diplomacy in the post-World War II UNESCO context, this study focuses on the potential cinema holds for speaking to the politics of difference. Traditionally seen as problematic and conflictual, this study suggests that for UNESCO, difference is not the source of war and conflict, but of peace. It provides an analysis of Orient: A Survey of Films Produced in Countries of Arab and Asian Culture, a 1959 film catalogue published by UNESCO and the British Film Institute with the aim to “stimulate the presentation of films which might give audiences in the West a fuller and more informed idea of the ways of life of Eastern peoples”. This study treats the c…
Exploring citizens’ judgments about the legitimacy of public policies on refugees
2017
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is threefold: to introduce a theoretical frame regarding the meaning of legitimacy as an intangible asset of the public sector; to test a way of operationalizing legitimacy typologies that allows exploring and comparing how citizens from two countries evaluate the legitimacy of public policies; and to suggest implications for governments’ legitimacy-building strategies in shared international crisis, such as the refugees coming from the Syrian region.Design/methodology/approachBuilding on Suchman’s typology, it was defined and categorized different types of legitimacy into concrete measurable, communication related statements concerning consequential, proced…
Framing Issues in The Specialised Discourse Of Diplomacy: A Quantitative and Qualitative Approach
2017
Relevant international issues, such as terrorism, immigration, climate change, human security, cybersecurity and so on, imply the construction of complex ideological and axiological discursive positions, which stem from a web of unavoidably superimposed emotional and moral evaluations, often interwoven with logical observations (Spinzi 2016). All transactions whether promoting ideologies and values or selling products are a way of profiting from the general representation of a nation, and strategic communication contributes to this by increasing appreciation and influencing people’s behaviour. Embracing the perspective that transformations in social life are led by discourse (Fairclough, 20…
Critiquing and Joining Intersections of Disaster, Conflict, and Peace Research
2020
AbstractDisaster research, conflict research, and peace research have rich and deep histories, yet they do not always fully intersect or learn from each other, even when they investigate if and how disasters lead to conflict or peace. Scholarship has tended to focus on investigating causal linkages between disaster (including those associated with climate change) and conflict, and disaster diplomacy emerged as a thread of explanatory research that investigates how and why disaster-related activities do and do not influence peace and conflict. However, definitive conclusions on the disaster-conflict-peace nexus have evaded scientific consensus, in part due to conceptual, methodological, and …