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Polina A. Voronova, Varpahovskis E., Peoples' Friendship University of Russia Bulletin of International Relations 2025 Vol. 25 No. 4 P. 580–597
Despite the growing academic interest in the field of cultural diplomacy, research of how this phenomenon evolves and transforms in one of its most prolific users, France, remains limited. A review of the literature on cultural diplomacy reveals a paucity of attention to institutional aspects, despite institutional reforms having the potential to effect transformative changes ...
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Varpahovskis E., Anastasiia Borisenko, Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia 2025 Vol. 24 No. 2 P. 136–162
Prominent video games such as Genshin Impact have been increasingly recognized asinstrumental vectors for the diffusion of information, possessing the capacity to shape attitudesand behaviors across diverse life spheres. This study employs a bifurcated methodologicalapproach involving primary and secondary data: firstly, a functional ludostylistic analysis ofthe game’s semiotic structures, and secondly, a series of in-depth ...
Added: December 5, 2025
Varpahovskis E., Journal of Public Diplomacy 2024 Vol. 4 No. 1 P. 129–155
Public diplomacy is not a foreign concept to Russian-speaking authors. Nevertheless, there has been no systematic, comprehensive analysis of the Russian language-based academic literature on public diplomacy. This article attempts to fill this research gap. Thanks to the systematic literature analysis of 1002 articles included in the main data set, it was possible to identify ...
Added: October 30, 2024
A. Shapkin, E. Varpahovskis, KazNU BULLETIN. International relations and international law series 2024 Vol. 107 No. 3 P. 61–76
Japanese graphic arts, particularly manga novels, have developed into a global cultural phenomenon, functioning both as a source of entertainment and as a means of influencing perceptions. The majority of research conducted in this field addresses the topic of manga through the lens of soft power and in the context of globalization discourse. This study, ...
Added: October 11, 2024
Vershinin I., Journal of Public Diplomacy 2021 Vol. 1 No. 2 P. 1–26
Applying discourse analysis of Russia’s narrative on humanitarian aid and its perception by the Western collective identity at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, this study identifies several challenges that constructivism poses to the current understanding of public diplomacy (PD). In contrast to the mainstream positivist tendency to evaluate the effectiveness of PD through models, ...
Added: April 8, 2024
Vershinin I., Journal of International Communication 2023 Vol. 29 No. 2 P. 272–290
The article contributes to the discussion of Russia’s public diplomacy efforts to transmit and diffuse certain narratives to foreign audiences online. Utilizing the case of understudied Russia’s public diplomacy strategies concerning Asian countries, the study analyzes what narratives Russia’s embassy projected to the Japanese public from 2013 to 2019. The findings demonstrate that although the ...
Added: April 6, 2024
Vershinin I., Europe-Asia Studies 2023 Vol. 75 No. 9 P. 1560–1578
Utilising discourse analysis to evaluate Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Lavrov’s public speeches as part of public diplomacy, this study deconstructs the discursive practices of Russian political elites in Russia–Japan relations. The data analysis demonstrates that, when speaking from a position of power, Putin and Lavrov delegitimise Japan’s political decision-making sovereignty ...
Added: April 6, 2024
Sergunin A. A., Вестник международных организаций: образование, наука, новая экономика 2022 Т. 17 № 3 С. 155–174
Arctic science diplomacy (ASD) is both a relatively new topic and an acute issue in Russian academic and political circles. There is neither a clear definition of the concept nor a consensus on the stakeholders, tools, and activities of science diplomacy. This article focuses on the main approaches in Russia in relation to the concept of ASD. ...
Added: March 22, 2024
Marchukov A., Morari C., Вестник Волгоградского государственного университета. Серия 4: История. Регионоведение. Международные отношения (Российская Федерация 2024 Vol. 29 No. 2 P. 157–166
The article examines the main actors and areas of public diplomacy of the European Union in China. The impact of restrictive measures by the Chinese government on EU public diplomacy as well as the EU foreign policy strategy towards China are analyzed. In China, the EU's public diplomacy faces a set of different challenges: administrative ...
Added: March 14, 2024
Kutyrev G., Marchukov A., Современная Европа 2024 № 2 С. 19–31
The article analyzes the public diplomacy of the European Union in Latin America in the context of the geopolitical confrontation between Brussels and Moscow, as well as the growing influence of the PRC in the region. According to the authors, the following features are inherent in modern public diplomacy of the EU: emphasis on advocacy ...
Added: January 22, 2024
Marchukov A., , in: Memory, Identity, and Nationalism in European Regions.: Hershey: IGI Global, 2019.
The chapter is devoted to the history of public diplomacy development in Slovakia after independence. The process is seen non-linear and can be divided into two stages. The first stage covers a period since joining Slovakia the EU, and public diplomacy is characterized by using traditional methods of cultural diplomacy, advocacy, international broadcasting. At this ...
Added: September 14, 2023
Marchukov A., Современная Европа 2022 № 6(113) С. 51–66
This article exposes internal and external challenges for EU public diplomacy. The first group of challenges include difficulties in establishing a dialogue with a foreign audience, budget and staffing shortages; lack of relevant indicators for measuring public diplomacy. The second one consists of the impact of COVID-19 on the public diplomacy practice, EU competition with ...
Added: September 11, 2023
Возможности и ограничения использования Южной Кореей публичной дипломатии в отношении Северной Кореи
Pugacheva O., Политическая экспертиза: ПОЛИТЭКС 2023 Т. 19 № 2 С. 318–332
The article investigates South Korea’s public diplomacy toward North Korea. The author analyzes the factors that determine the choice by a state of a model of public diplomacy — cooperative (consultative) or non-cooperative (advocating interests) — in relation to a particular foreign society. The key research question: to what extent it is possible to use ...
Added: September 8, 2023
Petrova T., Вестник Пермского университета. Серии: История и Политология 2023 Т. 61 № 2 С. 137–148
The paper considers representations on N. P. Khrushchev in Western countries in the late 1950s – early 1960s. Referring to the analysis of the unpublished documents about plans for Khrushchev’s stay abroad, lists of gifts, photos and videos, the author attempts to identify the features of Khrushchev’s demonstration in Western. Despite the presence of joint ...
Added: July 30, 2023
Entina E., Танасич Н., Дунамалян Н. et al., М.: Институт Европы РАН, 2023.
В работе российских и зарубежных учёных рассмотрены пробле- мы публичной дипломатии и «мягкой силы» в условиях растущей конкуренции международных акторов и надлома прежней структуры международных отношений на европейском континенте. Особое внимание уделено Черноморско-Средиземноморскому региону, где гео- политические противоречия и международная конкуренция в последние два десятилетия неуклонно усиливаются. ...
Added: May 8, 2023
Krasnyak O., Place Branding and Public Diplomacy 2023 Vol. 19 P. 54–63
Using a statecraft framework, the article analyses Cold War US-Soviet exchange programs with a specific focus on scientific-technical exchanges. The practice of scientific-technical exchanges is meaningful at least in three ways: (1) it helps to better understand the art of American and Soviet statecraft that had a major impact on the course of events in ...
Added: March 4, 2023
Volosyuk O. V., Электронный научно-образовательный журнал "История" 2022 Т. 13 № 10(120) Статья 15
The article deals with the role of public diplomacy in Russian-Spanish relations; putsforward a hypothesis, that public diplomacy plays an independent role, sometimes evenreplacing traditional diplomacy, in the “political vacuum”, when political ties betweenthe two countries were frozen or even broken off. The author points out that someexamples of public diplomacy can be traced in ...
Added: February 16, 2023
Varpahovskis E., European Journal of Korean Studies 2022 Vol. 22 No. 1 P. 71–94
It is widely accepted that South Korea has obtained middle-power status because
it has fulfilled the necessary behavioral principles in its diplomacy. Even though
the Republic of Korea is an active player in Central Asia, the topic of relationships
between South Korea and Central Asian republics has barely been explored.
Using case studies, the author attempts to evaluate how ...
Added: January 30, 2023
Belous Y., Zub A., Электронный научно-образовательный журнал "История" 2022 Т. 13 № 10(120) Статья 12
The article is devoted to the peculiarities of humanitarian policy of Spain in Latin America. The article considers the main instruments of humanitarian policy of Spain in Latin America, demonstrates their advantages, the amount of financing and the factors of their effectiveness. The purpose of this article is to identify the features of the humanitarian ...
Added: January 12, 2023
Zhiyenbayev M., The Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs 2022
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Varpahovskis E., ВЕСТНИК КазНУ. Серия международные отношения и международное право 2021 Т. 96 № 4 С. 25–34
A relatively new phenomenon, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) officially entered our lives
around 2008, and since then it has been gaining popularity all over the world. Audience growth, ad
vances in technology, and globalization make MOOCs an important means of communication that can
serve more than just educational purposes. In this paper, the author tries to position ...
Added: December 24, 2021
Varpahovskis E., Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Политология 2021 Т. 23 № 2 С. 265–278
The relevance of this study derives from the limited understanding of the
mechanisms of public diplomacy that are activated when scholarship programs for international
students are conducted by East Asian countries, particularly South Korea. Moreover, the relevance
of the topic is also determined by the scarcity of research on the role of knowledge in public
diplomacy mechanisms. The author ...
Added: June 2, 2021