Heritage Diplomacy of UNESCO in Post-Conflict Zones: the Case of Iraq
Journal: Modern Historical and Political Issues
Year: 2025

The article analyses UNESCO's activities in the context of heritage diplomacy in post-conflict Iraq. The purpose of the study is firstly to fill the scientific gaps in the understanding and conceptualisation of heritage diplomacy, and secondly to identify the peculiarities of UNESCO's use of heritage diplomacy in the post-conflict zone of Iraq. Thus, two main objectives were set: 1) to outline the understanding of the concept of "heritage diplomacy"; 2) to analyse UNESCO's activities in the cont