Cultural Diplomacy in Europe: Between the Domestic and the International

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This edited volume explores European cultural diplomacy, a topic of growing interest across the scholarly and applied public policy communities in recent years. The contributions focus on Europe, culture and diplomacy and the way they are interlinked in the contemporary international context. The European Union increasingly resorts to cultural assets and activity for both internal and external purposes, to foster European cohesion and advancing integration, and to mitigate the demise of other foreign policy components, respectively. This calls for an analysis of the strategic role of culture, especially as it relates to the realm of EU external action. The chapters provide a conceptual discussion of culture in international relations and examine how this concept relates to cultural diplomacy and cultural strategy. The authors discuss roles and relationships with the EU’s 2016 Global Strategy and current EU attempts to foster the EU’s political and societal resilience. Front Matter ....Pages i-xv Introduction: Cultural Diplomacy in Europe: Between the Domestic and International (Caterina Carta)....Pages 1-16 Front Matter ....Pages 17-17 EU Cultural Diplomacy: A Contextual Analysis of Constraints and Opportunities (Richard Higgott)....Pages 19-40 A Vision of Europe Through Culture: A Critical Assessment of Cultural Policy in the EU’s External Relations (Stuart MacDonald, Erik Vlaeminck)....Pages 41-62 National Ways to Cultural Diplomacy in Europe: The Case for Institutional Comparison (Caterina Carta, Ángel Badillo)....Pages 63-88 Euro-Mediterranean Cultural Relations: A Northern Current in Troubled Waters? (Riccardo Trobbiani, Lina Kirjazovaite)....Pages 89-111 Towards a Sustainable Approach to EU Education Diplomacy? The Case of Capacity-Building in the Eastern Neighbourhood (Silviu Piros, Joachim Koops)....Pages 113-138 Front Matter ....Pages 139-139 The Influence of Populism and Nationalism on European International Cultural Relations and Cultural Diplomacy (Richard Higgott, Virginia Proud)....Pages 141-165 A Nationalist Agenda in an EU Context: Implications for Contemporary Culture in Central Europe (Virginia Proud)....Pages 167-189 ‘Reaching Across the Fault Lines?’: The Role of Cultural Diplomacy in Post-Brexit Europe (Caterina Carta, Eleonora Belfiore)....Pages 191-213 Front Matter ....Pages 215-215 Navigating Uncertainty: The Future of EU International Cultural Relations (Riccardo Trobbiani, Andrea Pavón-Guinea)....Pages 217-237 Conclusion: On the Strategic Deployment of Culture in Europe and Beyond (Caterina Carta, Richard Higgott)....Pages 239-261 Back Matter ....Pages 263-274