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Democracy‘s Evolving Meaning in Young Nations: A Strategic Shift in Diplomacy
Despite significant divisions on most issues, a bipartisan consensus is emerging in the United States regarding China. Both Republican and Democratic parties increasingly frame the intensifying U.S.-China relationship as a fundamental competition between democratic and autocratic systems
Visiting Scholar Gidong kim presented research at a recent conference addressing this question. “This study challenges the effectiveness of the value-laden U.S. diplomacy in young democracies and presents a more nuanced clarification of democracy’s role in forming public opinion on foreign policy,” Kim stated, formerly a postdoctoral fellow with SNAPL and currently an assistant professor of political science at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS) China as more serious than threats to liberal values
| Policy Area | Implication |
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| U.S. Diplomacy | Acknowledge the limits of value-driven diplomacy. Adapt foreign policy to regional contexts, recognizing that liberal values rhetoric may be more effective in established democracies like Western Europe, while focusing on electoral integrity in young democracies. |
| China’s Diplomacy | address suspicions of election interference in democratic countries to build trust and counter anti-China sentiment,even while increasing soft power initiatives. |
