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<p>The phrase “vaccine diplomacy” spread in the media during the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors examine where it comes from and locate it in health-related strategic communication. The article provides an overview of the history of vaccine diplomacy taken from the literature and then places the phenomenon among the branches of specialized diplomacy as well as among the components of public diplomacy. It highlights the difference between vaccine diplomacy and 20<sup>th</sup>-century public diplomacy. The article concludes that vaccine diplomacy as a tool of soft power and persuasion hardly differs from vaccine solidarity announced by the G7 member states. In fact, the only difference between vaccine friendship, vaccine diplomacy, and vaccine solidarity is in the perspective, that is, the evaluation by the speaker. These phrases are manifestations of the rivalling narratives that accompany the global power shift.</p>
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The phrase “vaccine diplomacy” spread in the media during the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors examine where it comes from and locate it in health-related strategic communication. The article provides an overview of the history of vaccine diplomacy taken from the literature and then places the phenomenon among the branches of specialized diplomacy as well as among the components of public diplomacy. It highlights the difference between vaccine diplomacy and 20th-century public diplomacy. The article concludes that vaccine diplomacy as a tool of soft power and persuasion hardly differs from vaccine solidarity announced by the G7 member states. In fact, the only difference between vaccine friendship, vaccine diplomacy, and vaccine solidarity is in the perspective, that is, the evaluation by the speaker. These phrases are manifestations of the rivalling narratives that accompany the global power shift.

What Is Vaccine Diplomacy?

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Communicatio

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The phrase “vaccine diplomacy” spread in the media during the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors examine where it comes from and locate it in health-related...

What Is Vaccine Diplomacy?

Published Online: Feb 13, 2023

Page range: 79 - 89

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/auscom-2022-0006

Keywords
vaccine diplomacy, public diplomacy, solidarity, soft power, influence

© 2022 Éva Harnos Jakusné et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

What Is Vaccine Diplomacy?

Published Online: Feb 13, 2023

Page range: 79 - 89

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/auscom-2022-0006

Keywordsvaccine diplomacy, public diplomacy, solidarity, soft power, influence

© 2022 Éva Harnos Jakusné et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
vaccine diplomacy, public diplomacy, solidarity, soft power, influence