Cultural Diplomacy Course in Partnership with Katara Public Diplomacy Center from 22 to 25 December 2024
Object
The course deals with a vital aspect of the development of diplomatic practice in international relations towards cultural diplomacy, which is based on the state employing various activities in the field of culture in its comprehensive sense related to revealing the spirit of the nation, its identity and its national character to influence the trends of public opinion in the targeted country to promote a positive image of it and its policies.
Topics
- A theoretical review of the concept of cultural diplomacy in terms of its connection to the theory of communication, meeting human needs, culture and diplomacy.
- Tracing the path of the development of diplomacy throughout history and the most important influential stations in it from prehistoric times through the Arab Islamic state and what Europe witnessed in the Middle Ages before the twentieth century.
- Reviewing the decline of ancient diplomacy and the emergence of modern diplomacy after World War I, and the factors influencing this, most notably: the expansion of the international environment, the change in the international arena, the expansion of interest in global issues, the emergence of comprehensive diplomacy, the emergence of interconnected diplomacy, the revolution in communication and information technologies and their profound impact on the development of media and communications technology, the emergence of the role of public opinion in international relations, and the organization of diplomatic work and the unification of its rules.
- The emergence of public diplomacy as one of the fruits of the radical transformation in diplomacy after World War I. Reviewing the emergence of the concept of public diplomacy and the development of its practice since the 1930s, and its separation from the concept of propaganda.
- Soft power and its basic resources.
- Methods of implementing public diplomacy:
The interactive path
The proactive path
The relations path - The embassy’s tasks in implementing public diplomacy
- Public diplomacy and the communication revolution
- The emergence of cultural diplomacy as a major product of public diplomacy
- The various aspects of practicing cultural diplomacy
- Models of practicing cultural diplomacy in countries of the world
- The United States, France, Britain, Germany, Russia, Qatar (and highlighting the pioneering experience of Katara Cultural District), Iraq, Iran, Israel.Opportunities for success and possibilities of failure in countries implementing their programs in cultural diplomacy.
Lecturer
Dr. Naji Sabri Al-Hadithi
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iraq from 2001 – 2003
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Iraq from April 2001 – August 2001
Iraqi Ambassador to Austria and Non-Resident Ambassador to Slovakia 1999-2001
Permanent Representative of Iraq to the International Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), and the United Nations Office at Vienna 1999-2001
Counselor at the Embassy of Iraq in London 1975 -1980