In the months leading up to the brief but violent 12-Day War in June 2025, when U.S. and Israeli strikes targeted Iranian nuclear sites, Tehran […]
Žyma: Diplomacy
Maturing City Diplomacy: Comparing Yokohama and Taipei
It has become commonplace to think of the 21st century as the “urban century” (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 2023). With roughly 70% of the […]
Opinion – Trump, Shattered Diplomacy and International Society
Diplomacy is an intricate phenomenon. In his seminal work on the topic, Adam Watson (1982: 11) accentuates that diplomacy concerns the complex and multifaceted dialogue […]
Migrantising Diplomacy
Since the 2000s, migration and asylum seem to have pervaded diplomatic discourses and actions. In 2023, in its foreign policy statement, the European Union emphasised […]