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By H.E Amb. Gebhardt von Moltke (ICD Advisory Board Member –Former German Ambassador to the UK and NATO) | By H.E Amb. Gebhardt von Moltke (ICD Advisory Board Member –Former German Ambassador to the UK and NATO) | ||
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− | Cultural diplomacy has been for long an important part of [[International Relations|international relations]]. Governments and their cultural institutes like Goethe, Cervantes, Institut Francais or [[British Council]] have a long tradition to bringing their | + | Cultural diplomacy has been for long an important part of [[International Relations|international relations]]. Governments and their cultural institutes like Goethe, Cervantes, Institut Francais or [[British Council]] have a long tradition to bringing their countries´culture to other countries and people. Personally, in my years in London I have laid a great emphasis on public and cultural diplomacy in order to convey a realistic picture of Germany and to provide for a bridge for a better under-standing. |
In today´s globalized world cultural diplomacy is of growing importance. The new media and the enhanced facilities for travelling and [[Migration (Human)|migration]] bring people and peoples in great number closer together. In looking for contacts they may be driven by curiosity only but if they want to judge a foreign country on the basis of their own national background they risk arriving at a misinterpretation or a mistaken judgment easily. | In today´s globalized world cultural diplomacy is of growing importance. The new media and the enhanced facilities for travelling and [[Migration (Human)|migration]] bring people and peoples in great number closer together. In looking for contacts they may be driven by curiosity only but if they want to judge a foreign country on the basis of their own national background they risk arriving at a misinterpretation or a mistaken judgment easily. |