The Changing Nature of Diplomacy: Rising Powers' Humanitarian Diplomacy Practices

• Author: Ceren Urcan
• Pages: 230-236

European Integration - Realities and Perspectives. Proceedings 2018

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International Relations in the Contemporary World.

Geopolitics and Diplomacy

The Changing Nature of Diplomacy: Rising Powers’ Humanitarian

Diplomacy Practices

Ceren Urcan1

Abstract: In this study, the ways of how the sample rising powers conduct their humanitarian diplomacy are

analyzed since there is heterogeneity such in the other fields of foreign policy implementations. Rising

poаers’ foreign policies and their soft power tools are a debatable issue in general. However, this study goes

into much detail within the scope of humanitarian diplomacy and humanitarian aid as a part of it. The case

study includes the sample countries which are Turkey, Brazil and China. The official reports, official foreign

policies and their implementations are considered in the analysis. Turkeв’s perception on humanitarian issues

is based on the idea of humanity and international responsibility with its historical and cultural history.

BraгТl’s focus on humanitarian issues is mostly related to both its foreign policies and multilateralism

tendencies. China has deep philosophical thoughts and some long-term goals. Even the policies of case

countries seem in this way in principle a nd humanitarian issues are universally ac cepted issues, when the

implementations are analyzed, there are some differences that inhibit us to reach a general conclusion and

prove the heterogeneity in the practices. Thus, this study is an important contribution for such privatized

diplomacy theme regarding the sample rising powers.

Keywords: humanitarian aid; foreign policy; emerging powers; responsibility; humanitarian report

1. Introduction

The general definition of power is to ability to influence and effect the beСavТours’ of other to get what

you want. The attitude and way of getting what you want defines whether it is soft power or hard

power. The military and economic sanctions, inducements, threats, coercions are all part of hard power

and their effects’ can be seen in the short run. However, soft power is a kind of indirect way to effect

the otСers’ decisions. A natТon’s ability to persuade and attract to the others with its attractiveness of

culture, political ideas and policies is called as soft powers. (Nye, 2004, p. 2) Rising powers in

international relations are getting much more share in international politics than ever before. The way

that they conduct their foreign policies is a debatable issue in international politics since the growing

attention to soft power tools rather than the hard power tools.

Changing power relations and increasing number of the actors that are included in these relations have

also changed the way implementing foreign policies in different ways. Diplomacy can be regarded as

1 PhD student, University of Ruse "Angel Kanchev", Bulgaria, Address: "Studentska" 8, 7017 Studentski grad, Ruse,

Bulgaria, E-mail: cerenurcan@hotmail.com.