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Public diplomacy
About: Public diplomacy is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 2825 publications have been published within this topic receiving 32554 citations. The topic is also known as: people's diplomacy.
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TL;DR: A smart power strategy combines hard and soft power resources as discussed by the authors, which is the ability to affect others to obtain the outcomes one wants through attraction rather than coercion or payment, is the capability of a country's soft power.
Abstract: Soft power is the ability to affect others to obtain the outcomes one wants through attraction rather than coercion or payment. A country's soft power rests on its resources of culture, values, and policies. A smart power strategy combines hard and soft power resources. Public diplomacy has a long history as a means of promoting a country's soft power and was essential in winning the cold war. The current struggle against transnational terrorism is a struggle to win hearts and minds, and the current overreliance on hard power alone is not the path to success. Public diplomacy is an important tool in the arsenal of smart power, but smart public diplomacy requires an understanding of the roles of credibility, self-criticism, and civil society in generating soft power.
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TL;DR: Public diplomacy, as the diplomacy of the public, not of the government, intervenes in this global public sphere, laying the ground for traditional forms of diplomacy to act beyond the strict negotiation of power relationships by building on shared... as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: The public sphere is the space of communication of ideas and projects that emerge from society and are addressed to the decision makers in the institutions of society. The global civil society is the organized expression of the values and interests of society. The relationships between government and civil society and their interaction via the public sphere define the polity of society. The process of globalization has shifted the debate from the national domain to the global debate, prompting the emergence of a global civil society and of ad hoc forms of global governance. Accordingly, the public sphere as the space of debate on public affairs has also shifted from the national to the global and is increasingly constructed around global communication networks. Public diplomacy, as the diplomacy of the public, not of the government, intervenes in this global public sphere, laying the ground for traditional forms of diplomacy to act beyond the strict negotiation of power relationships by building on shared...
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors present and critically evaluate attempts to theorize and conceptualize public diplomacy within several disciplines, including international relations, strategic studies, diplomatic studies, public relations, and communication.
Abstract: This work presents and critically evaluates attempts to theorize and conceptualize public diplomacy within several disciplines, including international relations, strategic studies, diplomatic studies, public relations, and communication. It also examines research methods used to investigate public diplomacy, including models, paradigms, case studies, and comparative analysis. The work identifies promising directions as well as weaknesses and gaps in existing knowledge and methodology and outlines a new research agenda. The presented analysis and examples suggest that only a systematic multidisciplinary effort and close collaboration between researchers and practitioners can lead to a coherent theory of public diplomacy.
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01 Jan 2005
TL;DR: Melissen as mentioned in this paper discussed the new public diplomacy between theory and practice, and argued that public diplomacy is between Theory and Practice, and proposed a dialogue-based public diplomacy paradigm.
Abstract: Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction J.Melissen PART I: THE NEW ENVIRONMENT The New Public Diplomacy: Between Theory and Practice J.Melissen Rethinking the 'New' Public Diplomacy B.Hocking PART II: SHIFTING PERSPECTIVES Power, Public Diplomacy and the Pax Americana P.van Ham Niche Diplomacy in the World Public Arena: The Global 'Corners' of Canada and Norway A.K.Henrikson Public Diplomacy in the People's Republic of China I.d'Hooghe Revolutionary States, Outlaw Regimes and the Techniques of Public Diplomacy P.Sharp The EU as a Soft Power: The Force of Persuasion A.Michalski PART III: IMPROVING PRACTICE Culture Communicates: US Diplomacy that Works C.P.Schneider Making a National Brand W.Olins Dialogue-Based Public Diplomacy: A New Foreign Policy Paradigm? S.Riordan Training for Public Diplomacy: An Evolutionary Perspective J.Hemery Index
442 citations
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TL;DR: A recent extraordinary and unprecedented rise in public and private giving more money is being directed toward pressing heath challenges than ever before, but because the efforts this money is paying for are largely uncoordinated and directed mostly at specific high-profile diseases, there is a grave danger that the current age of generosity could not only fall short of expectations but actually make things worse on the ground as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Less than a decade ago the biggest problem in global health seemed to be the lack of resources available to combat the multiple scourges ravaging the worlds poor and sick. Today thanks to a recent extraordinary and unprecedented rise in public and private giving more money is being directed toward pressing heath challenges than ever before. But because the efforts this money is paying for are largely uncoordinated and directed mostly at specific high-profile diseases -- rather than at public health in general -- there is a grave danger that the current age of generosity could not only fall short of expectations but actually make things worse on the ground. This danger exists despite the fact that today for the first time in history the world is poised to spend enormous resources to conquer the diseases of the poor. Tackling the developing worlds diseases has become a key feature of many nations foreign policies over the last five years for a variety of reasons. Some see stopping the spread of HIV tuberculosis (TB) malaria avian influenza and other major killers as a moral duty. Some see it as a form of public diplomacy. And some see it as an investment in self-protection given that microbes know no borders. Governments have been joined by a long list of private donors topped by Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett whose contributions to todays war on disease are mind-boggling. (excerpt)
423 citations