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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Political Science</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Political Science</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Политология</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-1438</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2313-1446</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">26545</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-1438-2021-23-2-265-278</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>SOFT POWER AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY IN EAST ASIA</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>МЯГКАЯ СИЛА   И ПУБЛИЧНАЯ ДИПЛОМАТИЯ В ВОСТОЧНОЙ АЗИИ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Knowledge Diplomacy as an Instrument of South Korea’s Foreign Policy: Theoretical Aspects and Practical Implementation in the Case of KOICA Scholarship Program</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Дипломатия знаний как инструмент внешней политики Республики Корея: теоретические аспекты и практическое применение на примере KOICA Scholarship Program</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6740-6377</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Varpahovskis</surname><given-names>Eriks</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Варпаховскис</surname><given-names>Эрикс</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Ph.D. in Political Science from the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (South Korea), postdoctoral fellow at the School of International Regional Studies</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>доктор политических наук Университета иностранных языков Ханкук (Южная Корея), научный сотрудник кафедры зарубежного регионоведения факультета мировой экономики и мировой политики</p></bio><email>evarpahovskis@hse.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">National Research University Higher School of Economics</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Национальный исследовательский университет «Высшая школа экономики»</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2021-05-24" publication-format="electronic"><day>24</day><month>05</month><year>2021</year></pub-date><volume>23</volume><issue>2</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">East Asia at the Crossroads of Cooperation  and Rivalry at the Regional and International Levels</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">Восточная Азия на перекрестке сотрудничества  и соперничества на региональном и международном уровнях</issue-title><fpage>265</fpage><lpage>278</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2021-05-24"><day>24</day><month>05</month><year>2021</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2021, Varpahovskis E.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2021, Варпаховскис Э.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2021</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Varpahovskis E.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Варпаховскис Э.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/political-science/article/view/26545">https://journals.rudn.ru/political-science/article/view/26545</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p style="text-align: justify;">The relevance of this study derives from the limited understanding of the mechanisms of public diplomacy that are activated when scholarship programs for international students are conducted by East Asian countries, particularly South Korea. Moreover, the relevance of the topic is also determined by the scarcity of research on the role of knowledge in public diplomacy mechanisms. The author of this article analyzes South Korea’s international student exchange scholarship program, the KOICA Scholarship Program. This case study analyzes the contents of official documents adopted by the Government of the Republic of Korea, documents and materials published by subordinate organizations that administer scholarship programs for international students, as well as scholarly papers on the topic of knowledge diplomacy and related topics. The novelty element is that the concept of knowledge diplomacy, which is gaining popularity worldwide almost has not been used in the Russophone academia, and the studies on South Korean exchange programs as public diplomacy instruments are also poorly represented. The analysis of official documents has shown that the concept of knowledge in the official Korean interpretation differs from the existing academic interpretations accepted in the West (e.g., Great Britain, the United States). Also, the analysis of the scholarship program showed that it only partly complies with the knowledge diplomacy goals assigned by the Government. In particular, through this scholarship Korea successfully transmits knowledge about Korean history and culture, as well as professional knowledge, while the field of knowledge exchange in the program remains unattained. The author concludes with several practical recommendations on how to improve the effectiveness of the scholarship program as a tool for knowledge diplomacy.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p style="text-align: justify;">Актуальность данного исследования обусловлена ограниченным пониманием механизмов публичной дипломатии, которые активизируются при проведении стипендиальных программ для иностранных студентов странами Восточной Азии, в частности Южной Кореей. Более того, актуальность темы также определена малой исследованностью роли знаний в механизмах публичной дипломатии. Автор данной статьи рассматривает южнокорейскую стипендиальную программу по обмену иностранными студентами - KOICA Scholarship Program. В данном кейсе анализируется содержание официальных документов, утвержденных Правительством Республики Корея (РК), документов и материалов, публикуемых подчиненными Правительству Кореи организациями, проводящими стипендиальные программы для иностранных студентов, а также научные работы по теме дипломатии знаний и смежным темам. Элементом новизны является то, что для анализа применяется набирающая популярность в мире концепция - дипломатия знаний, которая в русскоязычной научной сфере практически не использовалась. Также рассматриваются прежде малоисследованные образовательные инструменты публичной дипломатии как корейские стипендиальные программы. Анализ официальных документов РК показал, что концепция знаний в официальной корейской интерпретации отличается от существующих интерпретаций на Западе (Великобритания, США). Анализ стипендиальной программы показал, что она выполняет не все цели, возлагающиеся Правительством на дипломатию знаний. В частности, Корея успешно транслирует знания о корейской истории и культуре, а также профессиональные знания, в то время как сфера обмена знаниями в рамках данной программы остается неосвоенной. В конце статьи автор приводит ряд практических рекомендаций по улучшению эффективности стипендиальной программы как инструмента дипломатии знаний.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>public diplomacy</kwd><kwd>knowledge diplomacy</kwd><kwd>South Korea</kwd><kwd>international students</kwd><kwd>KOICA</kwd><kwd>student exchange</kwd><kwd>soft power</kwd><kwd>Korean studies</kwd><kwd>knowledge sharing</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>публичная дипломатия</kwd><kwd>дипломатия знаний</kwd><kwd>Южная Корея</kwd><kwd>иностранные студенты</kwd><kwd>KOICA</kwd><kwd>обмен студентами</kwd><kwd>мягкая сила</kwd><kwd>корееведение</kwd><kwd>обмен знаниями</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Antyukhova, E.A. (2018). Education as a Soft Power in Modern Foreign and  Russian Politological Research. 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