The Public Diplomacy’s Regaining Identity in the United States’ Foreign Policy after 11 September

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سید اصغر کیوان حسینی ¹ , Ali Ardakanian ²

1 - دانشیار روابط بین الملل و عضو هیأت علمی دانشگاه علامه طباطبائی
2 - دانش آموخته کارشناسی ارشد علوم سیاسی . دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی . نیشابور

Received: 2015-12-25 Accepted : 2016-07-23 Published : 2016-07-01

Keywords: Middle East, Fight against terrorism, Cold War, Key words: U.S Public diplomacy,

Abstract :

Abstract Public diplomacy, a word which entered into international relations from 1960s has been used to describe new aspects of international diplomacy. It is also part of a chain of evolution of diplomacy in different period of time. The United States is one of the big powers which from the beginning of its entrance into international community made use of public diplomacy. The United States has always used new apparatus and innovative methods for achieving its ends. The present paper pays special attention to vast experiences resulted from applying public diplomacy during Cold War as well as the last decade of 20th century. But what have been more emphasized are the years after September 11th. The paper tries to focus more on qualitative as well as quantitate aspects of George Bush junior and Obama administration’s approach in applying public diplomacy in fight against terrorism. The question raised by the present article is “what has been the impact of September 11th events on development process of public diplomacy of the United States?” The underlying hypothesis is that during the Bush junior administration greater importance had been attached to public diplomacy as compared to earlier periods. The methodology used in the paper is descriptive-analytical and the collection of data is from library material.