The October issue of Diplomaatia resumes the discussion on the Russia-Georgia war after which the whole global order has shifted; in addition, the topic of the upcoming US presidential elections is...
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In the process of developing his innovative theories of microeconomics, the 20th century’s most influential economist, John Maynard Keynes, repeatedly came to the conclusion that his earlier...
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The rapid evolution of the Estonian statehood and abrupt social changes have by the outset of the 21st century created a sense of...
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Recently, the term nation building that came to describe the creation of nation states in the 19th and early 20th century, has begun to take on a new meaning. A dozen of years ago at the University...
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Since 9/11, millions of people in America and in Europe have asked: Why do Muslims, especially those who have exposure to the West, hate us? Why do we offend them so much? Even though millions of...
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There’s an old joke about the English traveller lost in rural Ireland. He stops his car and asks a local farmer how to get to Kilkenny. The farmer thinks for a while and then responds ‘well, to...
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On dark days, the average international aid worker wonders whether she is doing more harm than good. Meddling in other cultures, she thinks, is quixotic at best and idiotic at worst, and the best...
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An old proverb tells us not to enter a foreign cloister with our own rules. But how do you feel about dictating rules to this cloister? Or interfering in its day to day...
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Interview with Carl...
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This issue of diplomacy is devoted to the issue of state-building. Carl Bildt, the former Prime Minister of Sweden discusses the problems and potential solutions concerning the revival of the...
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