Global Order
Hit and Run, Iran? The Military Dynamics of Nonproliferation
Weapons of Mass Destruction or of mass delusion? To nail or derail Ambiguity in Iran’s weapon acquisition dynamics exacerbates mistrust, which is the core...
Human rights violations inside EU
What is the Ostrich Protocol? How the EU member states play ostrich when it comes to human rights violations inside EU? ...
Proactive and active diplomacy in international integration
According to the tradition, today the Ministry of Foreign Affair is holding the 28th Diplomatic Conference, themed “Proactive and active diplomacy in international integration”....
The UN Security Council Reform? – No tricks from the BRICS
Should Brazil (along with other BRICS members) continue to insist in the UN Security Council Reform? For a long time Brazil...
Celebrity diplomacy
A celebrity icon and promoter of humanism; Aphrodite’s child, but this time not Irena Papas, but Angelina Jolie… Ever since experts...
The Vietnam-US Relationship in a Dynamic and Prosperous Asia Pacific
I have great pleasure to come here and speak to you at the CSIS. In the audience, I am aware of the presence of...
The Culture Shock of War and Peace
As waves steeped in the history of riverbeds break gently against the shoreline so does the memory of war. Flummoxed soldiers march on towards...
New Age Diplomacy
Emerging Diplomatic Trends: Diplomatic Fads for Solutions for Future Problems?High-profile political events and issues have many scholars, practitioners, and observers wondering how diplomatic approaches...
If it stays on that course, Europe will become geopolitically irrelevant
Europe is on geopolitical auto-pilot, playing sidekick to America, alienating its Muslim neighbours and subsidising its own citizens rather than its needier neighbours. And...
The Art of Public Diplomacy-the digital diplomat
Since the 1960’s, public diplomacy has been discussed as a concept. Ever since, it has emerged to become the practiced reality for influential diplomacy...