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http://dx.doi.org/10.23045/jpd.2022.2.1.3

Understanding the Dynamics between U.S. City Diplomacy and Public Diplomacy

Amiri, Sohaela (USC Center on Public Diplomacy)

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Journal of Public Diplomacy / v.2, no.1, 2022 , pp. 97-115 More about this Journal

Abstract

What is the relationship between city diplomacy and public diplomacy in the United States? Whilst this question is often raised among scholars and practitioners of public diplomacy, a concrete and systematic response to it seems difficult to locate. This paper addresses the question by relying on earlier research based on empirical analysis of data from semi-structured interviews with city officials with international purview in the United States as well as with current and former officials at the U.S. Department of State who have worked on topics related to city diplomacy. The research and analysis that informs this paper and the diagrams it offers are hinged on design principles and adopt an architecture studio style approach to data analysis. Further, multidimensional scaling and correspondence analysis are used to visualize the convergence and divergence between the functions of public diplomacy, as introduced by Nicholas Cull, and the functions of city diplomacy that this paper introduces. This is done to first, provide a framework for understanding the dynamics between city diplomacy and public diplomacy; and second, uncover the policy intervention space that could guide policies for making U.S. city diplomacy and public diplomacy more strategically aligned.

Keywords

city diplomacy; public diplomacy; department of state; noncoercive statecraft; attraction power; soft power; global engagement; international exchange; cultural diplomacy; collaboration;

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