Public Diplomacy and the Politics of Uncertainty

This edited book explores the multi-layered relationships between public diplomacy and intensified uncertainties stemming from transnational political trends. It is the latest wave of political uncertainty that provides the background as well as yields evidence scrutinised by authors contributing to this book. The book argues that due to a state of perpetual crises, the simultaneity of diplomatic tensions and new digital modalities of power, international politics increasingly resembles a networked set of hyper-realities. Embracing multi-polar competition, superpowers such as Russia flex their muscles over their neighbours;celebrated 'success stories' of democratisation Hungary, Poland and Czechia move towards illiberal governance; old players of international politics such as Britain and America re-claim greatness, while other states, like China, adapt expansionist foreign policy goals. The contributors to this book consider the different ways in which transnational political trends and digitalisation breed uncertainty and shape the practice of public diplomacy.

Explores the multi-layered relationships between public diplomacy and intensified uncertainties stemming from transnational political trends Argues that due to a state of perpetual crises, the simultaneity of diplomatic tensions, and new digital modalities of power, international politics increasingly resembles a networked set of hyper-realities Considers the different ways in which transnational political trends and digitalization breed uncertainty and shape the practice of public diplomacy

Autorentext

Pawe Surowiec is a Senior Lecturer in Strategic Communication at the University of Sheffield, UK.

Ilan Manor is a Digital Diplomacy Scholar at the University of Oxford, UK.

Inhalt
Chapter 1: Introduction: Certainty of Uncertainty and Public Diplomacy.- Part I: Heteropolar World, Global Uncertainty and Public Diplomacy.- Chapter 2: The American Century is Over the US Global Leadership Narrative, Uncertainty and Public Diplomacy.- Chapter 3: From External Propaganda to Media Diplomacy: the Construction of the 'Chinese Dream' in President Xi Jinping's New Year Speeches.- Chapter 4: Climate Change Begins at Home: City Diplomacy in the Age of the Anthropocene.- Chapter 5: 'Rough Winds do shake the Darling Buds of May': Theresa May, British Public Diplomacy and Reputational Security in the era of Brexit.- Part II: Regime Shifts, Institutional Uncertainty and Public Diplomacy.- Chapter 6: Public Diplomacy in the Age of 'Post-Reality'.- Chapter 7: The Manufacturing of Uncertainty in Public Diplomacy: A Rhetorical Approach.- Chapter 8: Russian Public Diplomacy: Questioning Certainties in Uncertain Times.- Chapter 9: The Confucius Institute and Relationship Management: Uncertainty Management of Chinese Public Diplomacy in Africa.- Part III: Public Diplomacy Practice and Uncertainty Management.- Chapter 10: Managing Disinformation Through Public Diplomacy.- Chapter 11: Economic Determinants of India's Public Diplomacy Towards South Asia.- Chapter 12: Managing Uncertainty: The Everyday Global Politics and Post-9/11 US Public Diplomacy.- Chapter 13:Foreign Correspondence and Digital Public Diplomacy.- Conclusions.

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