The foreign policy of every democratic cannot but take into account the characteristics of culture of neighbouring countries when reaching decisions in foreign affairs, especially during times of crisis and wars.
It is no secret that countries have always been involved in active cross-cultural exchange though family, political and economic ties. In this way, every state advanced own language, culture, religion and so on.
It's a well-known fact that INGOs played and continue playing one of the major roles in building IR. There have been created hundreds of INGOs in the course of two past centuries aimed at providing a better international communication.
Sooner or later, but it is nearly every state that has to make a choice between own self-identity and collective values. The thing is, nowadays the world is strictly divided into certain political and economic zones that profess own cultural worthies.
The issue of 'cultural appropriation', where cultural elements are taken from the context of their society and reused in a new context, often as part of an academic or commodified 'product' is a phenomenon that happens more often than not.

Culture and Foreign Policy

The foreign policy of every democratic cannot but take into account the characteristics of culture of neighbouring countries when reaching decisions in foreign affairs, especially during times of crisis and wars. And in this sense micro-cultures might of vital importance as there is almost no one-nation countries all around the world. They are all mixed consisting of minorities and majorities that live in very infirm balance that may be undermined every moment. What's more, the notion of 'majorities' and 'minorities' is rather relative and doesn't meet real-life criteria very often. If not taking into consideration peculiarities of the states within one's geographical and historico-cultural region, it might cause irrevocable mistakes. We have tragic precedents of former Yugoslavia, Somalia, Georgia, etc

So, when speaking about foreign policy in the context of culture of International Relations, we should pay attention to:

- Do cultural differences lead nations to predictable patterns of interaction?

- Under what conditions would we expect culture to play a more important role in international interactions?

- Do cultural syndromes lead to predictable 'propensities of thought, reaction, and action'?

- Is the protection of national culture and identity itself a core 'national interest'?

- What are the dynamics of cultural change and how can this be measured, along with its impact on foreign policy?

Hence, they are the key issues every government should make use of and apply in taking any and all foreign policy resolutions.

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