This article explaines how the European Union through its instruments and practices of public diplomacy, can change the opinion of the civil society in some of the countries, members of the Eastern Partnership. Taking into account, that EU is considered to be a model of soft power, it is...

In this paper we present the elements of the modern diplomatic environment that have led to the greater importance of a nation’s soft power in international relations. We focus on efficient public diplomacy as a mechanism for the enforcement of this power. We define culture as a source of soft...

In view of the major methodological challenges which confront researchers in public diplomacy (PD), the paper recognizes the method of comparative-historical analysis (CHA) as an eminently suitable approach for robust empirical studies. The paper starts by exploring different conceptualizations...