The nexus between Public Diplomacy and Military Diplomacy in Foreign Affairs and Defense Policy

ISBN-13: 9783656462293 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 20 str.

Goran Swistek

Opis

Essay from the year 2012 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, grade: 2,1, language: English, abstract: Public Diplomacy by the idea was implemented approximately 100 years ago as a purely civilian part of diplomacy, which aimed to inform foreign populations and citizens about the goals of countries foreign policy by the use of information and cultural programs. In the meaning of the Clausewitz philosophy, that the war "is the continuation of politics by other means," the military was always linked to the diplomacy but never part of it. On the other hand Military Diplomacy for a long period was just the business for military attaches and their mission was to be ..".the Nations eye and ears abroad in the days before satellite photography and sophisticated electronic collection techniques." Along with the changes in the international theatre, regarding constellation of alliances, goals of foreign policies and threat assumptions, the content of Public Diplomacy has changed and its targeted programs expanded. At the same time the understanding and definition of security changed its content since the collapse of the Iron Curtain and the breakdown of the Soviet Union. Nowadays the term of a comprehensive approach marks the definition of security. Security is now an interconnection between civilian and military means and approaches, whilst the use military force remains a last resort. Therefore programs and means from the areas of Military and Public Diplomacy received an increased attention and a more prominent status. For this reason this essay will try to show the close relation of modern defense strategies, policies and diplomacies. The guiding research question for this essay therefore shall be: Is there in modern Foreign Affairs and Defense Policy a relation between Military Diplomacy and Public Diplomacy, and if so what characterizes this relation? Along that line this essay will try to study the nexus betwe

O autorze

Goeran Swistek, born 1978 in Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Rank: Korvettenkapitän/Commander j.G., Academic Grades: Diplom Politiloge, MCGI., Education/Academic Qualifications: Martin Luther Europaschule (A-levels 1997), Helmut Schmidt Universität/University of the Federal Armed Forces (Dipl. Pol. (International relations) 1/2002), ILM/City and Guilds Institute MCGI (Leadership & Management) 10/2009), Fernuniversität Hagen/Institut für Friedensforschung (Post-Graduate Research Degree Peace and Conflict research) 07/2006), George C. Marshall Center started (Master in Security Studies 01/2012).