Major Features of Cultural Diplomacy in Contemporary France-Russia Relations

Student: Sokolova Aleksandra

Supervisor: Yury Ilyich Rubinsky

Faculty: Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs

Educational Programme: International Relations (Bachelor)

Year of Graduation: 2017

This paper considers the peculiarities of cultural diplomacy in the France-Russia relations at the present stage. The purpose of this study is to identify the features, forms and significance of cultural diplomacy in Franco-Russian relations. In this research paper the main elements of the "soft power" policy were identified both in France and in Russia. In order to determine the main tools of cultural diplomacy at the present stage, an analysis of the history of its instrumentalization was conducted. A substatial part of the work is the analysis of the image of Russia from the French perspective and the image of France among the Russian population. Keywords: France-Russia relations, "soft power", cultural diplomacy

Student Theses at HSE must be completed in accordance with the University Rules and regulations specified by each educational programme.

Summaries of all theses must be published and made freely available on the HSE website.

The full text of a thesis can be published in open access on the HSE website only if the authoring student (copyright holder) agrees, or, if the thesis was written by a team of students, if all the co-authors (copyright holders) agree. After a thesis is published on the HSE website, it obtains the status of an online publication.

Student theses are objects of copyright and their use is subject to limitations in accordance with the Russian Federation’s law on intellectual property.

In the event that a thesis is quoted or otherwise used, reference to the author’s name and the source of quotation is required.

Search all student theses