The Role of Communication in International Relations

Abstract

This paper provides an overview of the impact of (global) communication on international relations in various fields: military, diplomatic, economic, scientific, educational, and cultural, and to draw out the implications of the communication in each field. The main idea is that in the absence of the communication, nothing is possible, either the peace or the welfare of the humankind. Global communication it is blurring technological, economic, political, and cultural boundaries and, particularly in its interactive forms, has created immense new moral spaces for exploring new communities of affinity rather than vicinity. First, dialogue and communication are the essence of the foreign relations.

Keywords

• communication
• foreign relations
• dialogue
• publi c diplomacy
• transmitter
• receiver