The most important aspect of the new diplomacy in my opinion is public diplomacy.
With the increased threat of terrorism on a global scale caused by situations such as 9/11,
The London bombings, Madrid bombings and recently the Moscow bombings there is a clear political problem in existence.
I believe public diplomacy is the most important aspect of the new diplomacy because it is an essential ingredient in smart power. Which is Obama’s supposed strategy
Joseph Nye explains “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.”
To win the long standing battle against terrorism which has caused pain and suffering to millions of people and weaken certain country’s economies
Public diplomacy is important as it can be used to promote unity between the people of the world and the governments themselves.
Vietnam is an example of what can happen if to much hard power is used with a major lack of soft power as the people kept on fighting regardless of the United States increased use of mk –77 dumb bombs. The lack of public diplomacy caused civilians to continue fighting for the enemy.
Overall education is the way to counter the threat of international terrorism and public diplomacy can do just that, People with understanding and attraction to the west due to public diplomacy would be less inclined to carry out or support terrorist activity. Due to the severity of the problem that public diplomacy provides a solution for to a certain degree brings me to conclude why I believe it to be the most important part of new diplomacy
Agreed with you that public diplomacy plays important role in 21st century, especially after accidents such as 9/11 ,bombings in london and madrid as you mentioned and also recent events in russia, terrorism is happening everywhere,its not spread worldwide but the terrorism took place in country where i am from as well( in Azerbaijan, on 30th April 2009, in one of the Azerbaijanis Public Unis about 13 students were killed by terrorist) so as facts shows terror can happen everywhere but unfortunately we cant still prevent terrorist attacks.
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ReplyDeleteI agree with what you said about public diplomacy being good especially with the terrorist attacks you have mentioned. however i feel that public diplomacy can also be used by the same perpetrators (terrorist) spreading propaganda. also some states are using public diplomacy a a means of spreading propaganda to people.