Understanding Public Diplomacy in East Asia: Middle Power Democracies and Emerging Powers in a Troubled Region

ISBN-13: 9781349579815 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 283 str.

Jan Melissen; Yul Sohn

Opis

By using the case of public diplomacy in East Asia, this book provides a richer understanding of the forces at work in the relationships between states in the troubled region. The prism of public diplomacy helps us to see a more varied picture of East Asian state-to-state relations.

Recenzje

“This edited volume is comprehensive in both geographic scope and analytical breadth and, with several thematic chapters and six case studies, largely succeeds at its appointed task. … I enjoyed the diverse array of viewpoints and case studies offered by this volume. Individual chapters are clearly presented and well written, and the manuscript provides an informative and valuable starting point for both politics students and lays audiences interested in the use of public diplomacy in East Asia.” (Erin Zimmerman, Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs, Vol. 4 (2), September, 2017)

Spis treści

1. Introduction

Jan Melissen

2. Regionalization, Regionalism, and Double-Edged Public Diplomacy in East Asia

Yul Sohn

3. Soft Power and the Recalibration of Middle Powers: Comparing South Korea as an East Asian Leader with Canada as the Exemplar of the Traditional Model

Andrew F. Cooper

4. Public Diplomacy, Rising Power, and China’s Strategy in East Asia

Kejin Zhao

5. The Evolution of Japan’s Public Diplomacy: Haunted by its Past History

Yoshihide Soeya

6. South Korea’s Middle Power Activism and the Retooling of its Public Diplomacy

Sook Jong Lee

7. Indonesia’s Middle Power Public Diplomacy: Asia and Beyond

Azyumardi Azra

8. Thinking East Asia, Acting Local: Constraints, Challenges, and Contradictions in Indian Public Diplomacy

Jabin T. Jacob

9. Public Diplomacy and Australia’s Middle Power Strategy in East Asia

Alexandra Oliver and Russell Trood

10. US Public Diplomacy: A Model for Public Diplomacy Strategy in East Asia?

Craig Hayden

11. Conclusions and Key Points about Public Diplomacy in East Asia

 Jan Melissen

O autorze

Jan Melissen is a Senior Research Fellow at the Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael in The Hague and Professor of Diplomacy at the University of Antwerp, Belgium. 

Yul Sohn is a Professor and Dean of the Graduate School of International Studies at Yonsei University, Korea. 

Blurb

Set against the backdrop of tensions in East Asia, this book analyzes how East Asia's "new middle powers" and emerging powers employ public diplomacy as a key element of their foreign policy strategy and in so doing influence regional power dynamics. The volume brings together contributions from an international and influential group of scholars, who are leading debates on public diplomacy within East Asia. Where the study of public diplomacy has so far focused primarily on the West, the essays in this book highlight the distinct strategies of East Asian powers and demonstrate that understanding public diplomacy requires studying its strategies and practices outside as much as within the Western world. A focus on public diplomacy likewise gives us a more varied picture of state-to-state relations in East Asia.