Geo-cultural and Political Dialogue between Pakistan and Turkey: Resetting the Diplomatic Pace for 'Soft Power' Regional and Global Imagery in a Changing World

This paper focuses on highlighting the discourse of geo- culture and how the discourse is shaped, defined, and structured in the new global age. The discussion rests with the background of culture and diplomacy and the debate surrounding the concept of soft power. The redefinition preeminently entails to explore the dynamics of softer side of diplomatic conduct and how political dialogue, negotiations, parlays, and diplomatic communication reinforces the process of cultural diplomacy? Therefore, the motivation of this paper is to link the notion of soft power to diplomacy in the contemporary case studies of Pakistan and Turkey. It aims to explore the new dimensions and pathways in outlining policies and perspectives taken by Turkey and Pakistan; in view to address some extremely challenging questions vis-à-vis regional and global political and geo-cultural reality.