Taiwan's Soft Power and Public Diplomacy

public diplomacy and soft power: iran and america in the new iraq

the main goal of this article, this review is that due to the decline of the united states america's soft power after the invasion of iraq in march 2003 - due to the power of unilateral hardware-based - iran can and should according to the religious, historical, and cultural commonalities with its neighboring, strengthen software sources of power than the new iraq to create a strategic and...

The Role of Diplomacy and Soft Power in Combatting Terrorism

New Public Diplomacy and Islamic Awakening

As the pioneer of contemporary Islamic awakening, Islamic revolution of Iran has a mission to inform people of middle-east region about the opportunities and challenges of recent uprisings. On the other hand, it has yet another mission, called the exportation of the revolution by late Imam Khomeini, to inform people of the countries where Islamic awakening has not spread yet. The tool Islamic r...

Public Diplomacy Between Theory and Practice

This paper reflects on trends in public diplomacy and on some of Spain’s public diplomacy challenges. The author is a member of the Working Group ‘Una Diplomacia Pública para España’. The paper is the text of a presentation delivered at the first Madrid Conference on Public Diplomacy, which was held on 10 October 2006 at the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Diplomatic School. Organised by t...

Brazil and the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: Global Health Diplomacy as Soft Power

One of the key developments in international relations during the early twenty-first century is the ascendance of the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) (see Box 1 for terms and definitions). While their rising status stems largely from their demographic and economic growth (together accounting for about 40% of the world’s population and 40% of global GDP [1]), also important has...