City University of New York (CUNY) CUNY Academic Works Dissertations and Theses City College of New York 2013 Raqs Sharqi in Cultural Diplomacy; An Important but Neglected Diplomatic Tool in U.S.-Egypt Diplomatic Relations “Soft Power is a dance that requires partners. Torkom Movsesiyan CUNY City College How does access to this work benefit ou?y Let us know! More information about this work at: https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cc_etds_theses/203 Discover additional works at: https://academicworks.cuny.edu This work is made publicly available by the City University of New York (CUNY). Contact:
[email protected] Raqs Sharqi in Cultural Diplomacy: An Important but Neglected Diplomatic Tool in U.S.-Egypt Diplomatic Relations “Soft Power is a dance that requires partners.”1 Torkom Movsesiyan May 13, 2013 Master’s thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of International Affairs at the City College of New York Advisor: Prof. Jean E. Krasno, Ph.D. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1 Joseph Nye, “Soft Power” in The Future of Power (New York: Public Affairs, 2011): 84. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Torkom Movsesiyan Table of contents Abstract……………………………………………………………………………………3 Acknowledgements………………………………………………………………………..4 Chapter I…………………………………………………………………………………...5 1. Introduction……………………………………………………………………….5 Chapter II………………………………………………………………………………...11 1. Literature Review………………………………………………………………..11