Reconceptualizing EU’s Soft Diplomacy in light of New Diplomacies Discussion
Wed, Jun 02
|The Open University of Israel, Ra'anana
Focusing on the European space/sphere of influence, this panel will address the growing field of inquiry that attempts to expand on the new concept of diplomacy. Often treated as trivial, these new diplomatic realities have hardly been theorized and addressed in contemporary writings.
Time & Location
Jun 02, 2021, 10:00 AM
The Open University of Israel, Ra'anana, Derekh ha-Universita 1, Ra'anana, 4353701, Israel
About the Event
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the entire globe, stimulating new or evolving tools to connect and interact with the public globally. However, the global pandemic simply mirrors the larger, more long-term processes of Globalization. As it is re-shaping the politics, economy, and communication of the international sphere, diplomacy is correspondingly experiencing massive changes in the way it is being constructed as a means of promoting interests around the globe. The new diplomacies discussion refers to the transition in diplomacy from state actors' sole engagement to the engagement of multiple actors to build trust and enhance communication, dialogue-based, with foreign publics (Melissen, 2005). Notably, the diplomatic sphere is now shaped by diplomats, NGOs, institutions, and private actors. This transition contains new opportunities in developing tools and channels of communication directly or with digital mediation with the foreign public. As such, it includes a potential response to the crucial needs of…