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+ | Comment on Cultural Diplomacy | ||
+ | By Dr. Nazar al Baharna (Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bahrain – ICD Advisory Board Member) | ||
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“Out beyond ideas of wrong-doing and right-doing, there is a field. I will meet you there.” | “Out beyond ideas of wrong-doing and right-doing, there is a field. I will meet you there.” | ||
Jalal Ad-Din Rumi | Jalal Ad-Din Rumi | ||
− | For thousands of years, it was the nature of human beings to use violence to settle their ultimate differences. Likewise, violence has been the basis and ultimate rule of conduct of power politics - ultimately the endpoint being war. Cultural diplomacy, by stressing | + | For thousands of years, it was the nature of human beings to use violence to settle their ultimate differences. Likewise, violence has been the basis and ultimate rule of conduct of power politics - ultimately the endpoint being war. Cultural diplomacy, by stressing soft power in our daily activities whether in trading, competition or in political activities offer a viable alternative that enforces our human nature. The definition of Cultural Diplomacy is offered by the American author, Milton C. Cummings, as: “the exchange of ideas, information, values, systems, traditions, beliefs, and other aspects of culture, with the intention of fostering mutual understanding”. |
Travellers, traders, artists, scientists, and engineers practiced cultural diplomacy for centuries, they all can be considered as cultural diplomats. They have been instrumental in exchanging information, ideas, cultural habits, religious rituals, music, and other cultural forms, enabling more tolerance, and promoting wider understanding between different nations. | Travellers, traders, artists, scientists, and engineers practiced cultural diplomacy for centuries, they all can be considered as cultural diplomats. They have been instrumental in exchanging information, ideas, cultural habits, religious rituals, music, and other cultural forms, enabling more tolerance, and promoting wider understanding between different nations. | ||
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[[Category:Statements on the Significance of Cultural Diplomacy]] | [[Category:Statements on the Significance of Cultural Diplomacy]] | ||
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