The emerging conclusion is that there’s much more to this scandal than just a single member of a supposedly spontaneous fascist refugee mob violating the Vienna Convention by suddenly attacking a foreign ambassador. A scandal of epic proportions suddenly occurred on Monday after a fascist Ukrainian mob attacked the Russian […]
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Soft Power In Politics And Diplomacy (IV)
Part I, Part II, Part III Various actors of soft power We have to keep in mind, nevertheless, that in the very practical activity, a state authority can’t possess comprehensive soft power in all possible areas as soft power is not proportionately disseminated in all areas. As a matter of […]
Soft Power In Politics And Diplomacy (III)
Part I, Part II Soft power and multilateral international institutions If we are taking into consideration the relations between IR and diplomacy, founded on the contractual relations between the states, it can be argued that soft power in this case mostly depends on the ability of the state authorities to […]
Soft Power In Politics And Diplomacy (II)
Part I The factors of soft power’s influence It has been already two last decades recognized worldwide that soft power is an extremely significant instrument in both politics and diplomacy in the hands of many states but especially those whom we can call as great powers as they are the […]
The Relations Between War And Politics (III)
Part I, Part II War, national interest, and the League of Nations In broad terms, the national interest refers to the goals of foreign politics, objectives, or policy preferences that benefit a nation or society as a whole. That is the foreign policy equivalent of the public interest. However, the […]
Soft Power In Politics And Diplomacy (I)
French Emperor Napoleon I, was convinced that only two powers existed in the world: the sword and the mind. Sword can prevail over the mind in a short time but in the long run, he believed that the mind would beat the sword. As the mind is mightier than the […]
The Relations Between War And Politics (I)
In dealing from both theoretical and practical points of view about war, at least six fundamental questions arise: 1) What is war?; 2) What types of war exist?; 3) Why do wars occur?; 4) What is a connection between war and justice?; 5) The question of war crimes?; and 6) […]
Pandemic Diplomacy: The Gum On China’s Shoe
“Australia is always there, making trouble. It is a bit like chewing gum stuck on the sole of China’s shoes. Sometimes you have to find a stone to rub it off.” Hu Xijin, Global Times editor, April 27, 2020. Disasters always invite blame – divine, natural, human – and the […]
Tsarist Russia and the Balkans: A Brief Overview
Tsarist Russia was sincerely trying all the time to reconcile Slavic nations in conflict, especially those of the Christian Orthodox faith for the sake of Pan-Slavic ideals of intra-Slavic solidarity, reciprocity, and brotherhood.
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