Education as a Soft Power Instrument of Foreign Policy

Amirbek, Aidarbek; Ydyrys, Kanat

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.07.423

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“…This trend of achieving foreign policy goals through public diplomacy in education has emerged after realization of the fact that hard power tools are not only expensive but difficult and harmful too. The nuclear technology is not only the harm to one's enemy but harm to her own economy, society and image on the international stage (Amirbek & Ydyrys, 2014).…”

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Achieving Soft Power Goals Through Education Diplomacy by Southeast Asian Nations

Soomro¹,

Siddiqui²,

Khoso³

2020

ASIA-PACIFIC

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Globalization has brought huge changes in every section of life, including education. The international relations have been impacted on by globalization as well. The students, scholars and researchers, these days, are regarded as actors in diplomacy. Education diplomacy is considered as an important tool in the conduct of international relations worldwide. The public diplomacy through provision of education opportunities, known as soft power tool, has emerged as a new trend by which countries extend their national interests and attempt to shape the preferences of others and affecting their behaviour in one’s favour. International Education has proved to be a major contributor to soft power goals and has emerged as an important part of public diplomacy that has created many advantages. The countries anticipate, by means of education diplomacy, the promotion of nation’s policy priorities and interests and subsequently, to contribute to country’s economic development and investment. The present study aims to explore the soft power goals of the Southeast Asian Countries. It further explores the goals that are achieved by the countries through implementation of public diplomacy in education.

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Achieving Soft Power Goals Through Education Diplomacy by Southeast Asian Nations

Soomro¹,

Siddiqui²,

Khoso³

2020

ASIA-PACIFIC

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“…Foreign graduates tend to become highly qualified personnel in their own countries, as a so‐called “Trojan horse” (Tremblay , 117), where the original educational exchange generates reputational gains that accrue to a host country when foreign students return home (Atkinson ) and advocate on behalf of their host country of study—a positive indirect “ripple effect” (Olberding and Olberding ). In research that supports the significance of this mechanism, Amirbek and Ydyrys (, 502) found that unfolding political events demonstrated that political leaders show sympathy and favor to the countries where they studied. Miller () makes the simple, yet powerful point that the ability of a country to attract foreign students, or facilitate exchanges, is a powerful tool of public diplomacy in and of itself, even between countries with a history of animosity.…”

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Making Soft Power Work: Theory and Practice in Australia's International Education Policy

Laifer

Kitchen

2017

Politics & Policy

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Policy makers around the world are increasingly concerned with the challenge of cultivating and capitalizing on soft power. Yet government efforts to increase others feelings of attraction toward their countries face conceptual and practical challenges. This article examines Australias attempt to operationalize soft power in Asia through its international education strategy. Drawing on interviews with key officials, we show how the design of Australias international education policy was consciously informed by multiple dimensions of soft power. Yet the nature of soft power means that whether the policy will achieve its soft power objectives is up to Asia, not Australia.

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“…This type of leadership is now impossible to achieve without improving human development, which is the bedrock of the new knowledge-based economy. 12 This is why countries such as India are emphasizing modernizing and internationalizing their educational systems. 13 India's various scholarship programs for students from BIMSTEC countries are a great example of Knowledge Diplomacy that is furthered through higher education.…”

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JHAAS

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South Asia as a region has a deficient Human Resource base, which jeopardizes its developmental ambitions and socioeconomic progress. Due to the fragile geopolitical context of the region, low spending for human development and increased expenditures for militarism sustain such a state of affairs in the subregion. As a result, large educational interventions are needed in the region. Education is the stumbling block to progress. Education and culture have always served as vital lines of communication between India and the BIMSTEC member states like Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, etc. India became the world's second-largest provider of higher education after independence, and it continued to attract students from the BIMSTEC countries. The chapter will examine several aspects of educational collaboration between India and the BIMSTEC countries in this context. This collaboration in the field of education will allow India to use soft-power diplomacy to strengthen its relations with its BIMSTEC partner.

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Education as a Soft Power Instrument of Foreign Policy

Cited by 15 publications

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Achieving Soft Power Goals Through Education Diplomacy by Southeast Asian Nations

Achieving Soft Power Goals Through Education Diplomacy by Southeast Asian Nations

Making Soft Power Work: Theory and Practice in Australia's International Education Policy

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