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An English School of International Relations Approach to Public Diplomacy: A Public Diplomacy Framework for Global Governance Issues

  • Published : 2022.06.30
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Abstract

Throughout the six decades evolution of the public diplomacy concept, international relations approaches have remained at the margins of the field. An important international relations theory that has been virtually non-existent in the public diplomacy literature is the English School of international relations. This theory has been the centerpiece of literature in diplomatic studies, but curiously, has not been applied to public diplomacy. In this editorial, I outline a public diplomacy framework for global governance issues that builds on the English School and Pamment's framework on the intersection of international development and public diplomacy.

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Acknowledgement

I presented an earlier version of this framework at the Korean Association for Public Diplomacy's 2020 Annual International Conference in Seoul. I thank the participants of the conference for their valuable feedback. I also thank all of our editorial team, especially our outgoing Managing Editor Hyelim Lee for her service, new Managing Editor Rachel Naddeo, and Editorial Assistant Kula Kukonu for their hard work on this issue.

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