The cultural dimension of Czech foreign policy
The cultural dimension of Czech foreign policy

Author(s): Eliška Tomalová, Jana Peterková
Subject(s): Government/Political systems, International relations/trade, Political behavior, Sociology of Culture
Published by: Ústav mezinárodních vztahů
Keywords: cultural policy; Czech Republic; foreign policy; public diplomacy;
Summary/Abstract: The year 2015 was marked by the recovery of interest in the cultural dimension of the foreign policy and Czech public diplomacy as a whole. The initiative was coming especially from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Public Diplomacy Department) and was focused on the conceptual level in the effort to inspire and enliven discussion of the involved actors about the topic of the future direction of the Czech public diplomacy, both in terms of concept and procedures. The impacts of this preparatory conceptual work were not visible in the public space in 2015 yet. However, it became apparent already in 2015 that the key issue of the future development of the agenda will be the will of the involved actors to co-operate, overcoming the department differences and accepting the central role of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in formulating the objec-tives and co-ordination of the area of the Czech public and cultural diplomacy.

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