Moving to a new phase in public diplomacy research
Journal: Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks
Year: 2023

Scholarship and practice in public diplomacy (PD) have enormously expanded in the last two decades. This chapter discusses the current state of knowledge and research in the field and needed changes, modifications and adjustments for systematic expansion and development in the next decade. It offers a broad macro view of the entire field, the contributions made so far as well as existing and future challenges. The chapter first presents and applies to PD, criteria for defining a field of scholar