THE ROLE OF CULTURAL DIPLOMACY IN CONTEMPORARY CRISES AND CONFLICT RECONCILIATION
THE ROLE OF CULTURAL DIPLOMACY IN CONTEMPORARY CRISES AND CONFLICT RECONCILIATION

Summary/Abstract: Beginning with the ancient rulers and up to present day, culture has been used as a way for leaders and countries to show who they are, assert their power, build lasting relationships or start wars. Nowadays culture is an important prerogative of diplomacy, foreign policy and of national collective and international security. This is the starting point of the present study which intends to approach systematically the role of cultural diplomacy in ethnic, religious and political conflicts. It also underlines the importance of mutual respectful relationships between groups, nations, respect for cultural traits and the omportance of different cultural activities in promoting peace.

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