Analysis Singapore’s Cultural Diplomacy

In the field of international relations, culture is not only the foundation of the diplomacy, but also its determinants. As Joseph Nye’s “soft power” was proposed, cultural factors highlight its importance, and gradually move towards diplomatic arena. “Clash of Civilizations” by Samuel Huntington further stated that in the global environment, the possibility of war between countries has been low. This is great promotion of contemporary country had gradually taken just stay in military cooperation, economic, political and diplomatic and other international exchanges. Speed up diplomacy to culture as the center of gravity, not only promote the economic development of the political and military diplomacy also had a role can not be underestimated. We should be aware of the unique value of cultural diplomacy, we should be aware that cultural diplomacy in improving the international prestige and further spread a positive image of the country, and ultimately improve the far-reaching impact on the country’s soft power generated. Thus, we developed a line with national conditions and meet the contemporary trend of cultural diplomacy strategy is directly related to the long-term interests of developing countries, and is extremely important for further investigation and research value.Culture is a significant part of a country’s soft power, and it attracted people’s attention after the Cold War. Cultural has been in its prosperity, a good example is Singapore which is famous for its cultural diplomatic activities and it is named “small country and big diplomacy”. As one of the most effective diplomatic methods, culture has its special meaning in Singapore. Nowadays, Singapore has successfully changed from a cultural desert into an international country with diverse cultural characteristics. Also, this country’s cultural construction and cultural diplomatic policies have experienced some big changes.Based on the cultural diplomacy, and combined with the literature review and comprehensive analysis, This paper is divided into three parts: introduction, body and conclusion:The main text is divided into three chapters:The introduction makes a brief introduction on the significance of the topic of the paper, current research and research methods.Chapter I, it mainly introduces the basic theory of cultural diplomacy. The Western and Chinese scholars give the concept of cultural diplomacy, manifestations and effects put forward different views, from different research perspective and research level. I propose a conceptual understanding of cultural diplomacy and summarized on the basis of theirs.Chapter II, it introduces Singapore’s cultural diplomacy and cultural background, including the combination of Asian values, colonial culture, island culture and modern and traditional culture. And analysis the two important development stages of cultural diplomacy in Singapore, one is from seven decades of the 20 th century to the nineties second, the other is since the 1990 s. The focus is a detailed explanation of the practice of cultural diplomacy in Singapore, through the development of cultural industries, the implementation of international aid, held in the form of cultural and artistic activities is how to carry out a very impressive of cultural diplomacy.Chapter III, Singapore’s cultural diplomacy were evaluated, and then the author analyze the characteristics of Singapore’s cultural diplomacy, the positive impact made in carrying out the process, and promote the realization of his "small country and big diplomacy" overseas strategy. Expanding the radiation Singapore culture, but also established its position in Asia to a certain extent. At the same time, the weaker side in culture and characteristics of their cultural heritage "authoritarian state" all restrict the development of cultural diplomacy.The conclusion of this paper is briefly discussed, The significance and prospects of Singapore as a later developed country to carry out cultural diplomacy.Singapore is a typical post-prone countries and overcome the late development of the disorder, get rid of miniature national image of a small country, and the reconstruction of a set of cultural diplomacy, provides a good example for us to study international relations, we can say this is the world’s All developing countries also want to seek or miniature cultural diplomacy and the rise of a good model. In today’s aggressive culture strong national output in the background, how the latecomer countries use their own cultural characteristics and social development according to the actual situation to overcome their own limitations, to carry out cultural diplomacy with other countries, this is a future worthy of our attention now include and the effort to explore a direction.This paper tends to make a brief contribution to a deeper understanding about Singapore, Singapore’s culture and its cultural diplomacy. Singapore’s cultural diplomacy especially its series of activities plays an increasingly essential role in this country’s diplomatic policies.