When persuasion or pressure does not help, the state faces a serious dilemma whether to abandon the attempt to influence the behaviour of the partner (suspend or postpone the action), or enforce it directly, interfering…
The doctrines of using force as an argument in resolving political questions are as old as the world. “Power politics” or “Machtpolitik” are derivatives of the axiom that the relationship of power is the key to…
The key to ensuring the implementation of raison d’état is having adequate executive capacity. And executive capacity in the traditional paradigm of international relations is related to the notion of power. Power in international relations…
Raison d’etat is, simply put, the good of the state. The reflexive algorithm of foreign policy, that is of dealing with the outside world, is still to follow the interests of one’s own country. This…
I invite you to read my reflections on the doctrinal mechanisms of foreign policy. Every week for the next year I will deliberate on what constitutes the guiding principles in the activities of a diplomat.…
