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Effective City Diplomacy Inspired by Corporate Diplomacy: A European Perspective

  • Wilfried Bolewski (Journal of Public Diplomacy)
  • Received : 2022.08.09
  • Accepted : 2022.08.26
  • Published : 2022.12.30
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Abstract

City Diplomacy, with its relational and global communicative components, becomes a strong link in the chain of extending the diplomatic mindset and performative practice in a social context, thus responding to societal expectations. Some lessons from Corporate Diplomacy as a policy valorizing sociability and interactionism provide assertive guidance to overcome the challenges to global City power. This Practitioner's Essay is building on diplomatic experience to outline innovative tendencies in contemporary practice and the effectiveness of Corporate Diplomacy as the Cities' soft power for cooperative solutions with regard to core global issues. The COVID pandemic serves as an example for city health diplomacy.

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