Cosmopolitan, Promotional, or Propagandistic? Cultural Diplomacy at a Time of War
Journal: Studia Europejskie-Studies in European Affairs
Year: 2025

The objective of this study is to discuss developments in the cultural diplomacy (hereafter: CD) of Austria, Germany, Poland, and Ukraine in response to Russian aggression against Ukraine since 2014. While adopting a comparative approach, the study begins with a taxonomy of cultural diplomacy based on the objectives of the foreign policy it is intended to serve, followed by a discussion of the four cases. The hypothesis posits that models of cultural diplomacy in Europe have been inﬂuenced not o