The BRICS and the Future of Global Order
Stuenkel, Oliver.The BRICS and the Future of Global Order. 1st ed. Lexington Books, 2015. 213pp. In a world in which there is an ever-growing...
NATO and the Russians: Can NATO be Diplomatically Relevant?
One of the biggest obstacles in understanding Russian foreign policy of late for NATO is that it still seems a bit too tied to...
War, Peace, and the Geopolitics of a Multipolar World
The international order is akin to the science fiction character Dr. Who—it periodically is destroyed, only to reemerge in an altered form. Certain core...
Mongolia: dancing between the bear and the dragon
Since the establishment of a democracy in Mongolia following the collapse of the Soviet Union, foreign interests have attempted to reassert control over the...
Church Diplomacy: Greece, Russia and Beyond
The Syriza-dominated government is a loner in the EU. However, not far away, there is Russia, a country that is ready to give an...
Peace to Europe, not NATO
For the vast majority of the population of the former Federal Republic, NATO has been the guarantor of peace and freedom for a long...
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”....
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...