Cultural Diplomacy as a Network and Networking in International Relations

The Case of Cultural Diplomacy in Russia

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ID3563462
AuthorsBeata Ociepka (0000-0002-7155-6503, University of Wrocław, corresponding author), Justyna Arendarska (0000-0001-9070-4519, University of Wrocław)
Year2021
Volume11
Issue4
Publication date2021-10-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSAGE Open (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2158-2440 • E-ISSN: 2158-2440
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/21582440211054119
OpenAlexW3208923903
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited15

This article discusses the European Union (EU) member states' cultural institutes as nodes of cultural diplomacy networks and a network approach in the analysis of cultural diplomacy at the time of Russia's war in eastern Ukraine and its annexation of Crimea in 2014. This study's hypothesis is that the international crisis over the war in Ukraine pushed the EU member states to establish new ties linking their cultural establishments. The authors analyzed the EU countries' cultural diplomacy documents and considered the concepts of network structure, network synergy, and issue networks to investigate whether EU governments-and especially their cultural agencies-understand cultural diplomacy as a network. The results of the study show that while the nodes of cultural diplomacy in Russia and the selected EU countries continued their communication during the international crisis, the expected interactions among CIs in Austria, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Poland were hardly established

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