The gap between the Kantian garden and the Hobbesian jungle is growing. How should the inhabitants of the Kantian garden cope with the threat of the jungle? The most primitive way is to build a…
In October 2022, Josep Borrell, speaking on the occasion of the launch of the pilot program of the EU Diplomatic Academy in Bruges, likened Europe to a wonderful garden where everything blooms, everything is trimmed…
The global upheaval did not start yesterday. Some even associate it with the spectre of a third world war. The new world war also in some diagnoses started not yesterday. Admittedly, without a spectacular outbreak…
After the Russian aggression against Ukraine, Oksana Zabuzhko reproachfully criticized Western intellectuals for recommending wrong books to read. Indeed, they suggested Harari, Pinker, Friedman, Ferguson, Fukuyama. And one should rather read again Carl Schmitt and…
In conclusion, a few minor and personal comments. Diplomacy is a profession that can be a lot of fun. And participating in diplomatic negotiations can be a source of absolute fun. If someone does not…
Negotiations come to an end. There is joy (in some people less of it, in others more), there is a mutual exchange of congratulations. There is satisfaction, but there is also fatigue, because the adrenaline…
In the analysis of the negotiation process so far, we have focused on the negotiator’s qualifications and behavior, his personality and professional handling of the negotiation process. Let us not be discouraged in the process…
Negotiations do not take place in isolation. They are influenced by events in the wider world. But the longer the negotiations last, the more the behaviour of negotiators can be influenced by the ivory tower…
Negotiations are entering eventually a decisive phase. Negotiators start looking for compromises. Sometimes they are not easy to find. One of the simplest methods is to move the issue on which the disagreements have arisen…
Let’s sum up: negotiations have their stages. We have already talked about the preparatory phase, about negotiations about negotiations. We have already said that the proper stage begins with the presentation of positions. This is…
