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@article{194402,
        author = {Dr. Kaushalya Kumari},
        title = {Culinary Diplomacy in Diaspora Communities: Harnessing Soft Power through Food},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2026},
        volume = {12},
        number = {10},
        pages = {3617-3621},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=194402},
        abstract = {Culinary diplomacy refers to the strategic deployment of food, cuisine, and culinary practices to advance cultural understanding, foster international relationships, and project soft power. Within the framework of soft power theory, where influence is generated through attraction and persuasion rather than coercion. Diaspora communities play a distinctive role as cultural transmitters of gastronomic identity. This paper examines the mechanisms by which diaspora driven culinary practices operate as tools of soft power, situating them within cultural diplomacy and international relations scholarship. Through an interdisciplinary review of recent literature on gastrodiplomacy, nation branding, and diaspora culinary networks, this study argues that diaspora cuisine extends beyond economic consumption to become a dynamic form of everyday diplomacy with measurable impacts on host-country cultural perception and transnational soft power projection.},
        keywords = {Culinary, Diaspora, Diplomacy, gastrodiplomacy, soft power},
        month = {March},
        }