More: Diplomacy
North Korea’s Nuclear Mindset: Why Nukes Still Matter
North Korea has evolved from a weakened
country to one seen as a legitimate global military power due to its acquisition
of nuclear weapons. Although, strength...
Walking a Chinese tightrope: Kazakh quiet diplomacy produces limited results
The Kazakh government, in defense of Kazakh and by
implication Central Asian behind-closed-doors diplomacy towards China in the
face of mounting domestic pressure, has offered a...
Zarif’s resignation the beginning of the militarization of the Iranian diplomacy?
Iranian
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif expressed his resignation, a quiet
diplomat and a seasoned politician, one of the soft faces of Iran's foreign
policy, for what...
Consular Protection
The world
is rightly outraged at how Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was
killed, but I was also horrified by where.
As the U.S. Consul General in...
The fall of Italian diplomacy
Since the
early days of the new Italian government, the diplomatic capacity of Italy has
begun to fall.
The
coalition government, created after the agreement between Luigi...
Pulwama Attack and Indian Diplomatic Offensive against Pakistan: Achievements and Limitations
On
14thFebruary 2019, Pulwama district of Indian occupied Kashmir witnessed a
deadly suicide attack killing 40 CRPF soldiers and numerous injured. The attack
was most dreadful after...
Egyptian-Russian Relations after the June 30th Revolution: Historic Recurrence or Political Option
Since the
establishment of the formal diplomatic relationship between Egypt and Russia
(previous Soviet Union/USSR) in 1943 the relation between them have gone
through multiple stages from...
Soft power as an important structural component of a foreign policy strategy of a state
The
architect of the ‘soft power’ concept Joseph Nye focuses on ‘the ability to
achieve the desired through voluntary cooperation, not by coercion or tricks’.
The name...
Three Horizons of Brazil–Russia Relations
Authors: Fernando César Costa Xavier and Alexander Korolkov*
Almost a month has passed since the inauguration of the new President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro. He...
India’s 2019 Budget: Fiscal prudence vis-à -vis Economic diplomacy
“The conqueror shall think of the circle of states as a wheel – himself as the hub, and his allies, drawn to him by...