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The irresistible appeal of playing on a global chessboard

25 May 2021 Ernest Wyciszkiewicz

International relations suffer from a plethora of pseudo-theoretical approaches. Some of these approaches claim the right not only to explain but also to shape the international reality. These will quite often become instrumental in the legitimization of a given state’s policies. Nuances, caveats, and an awareness of limitations give way to simplicity, unambiguity and self-confidence. The aim of this article is to critically deconstruct certain ways of thinking about inter-state relations and international policy that are usually attributed to advocates of geopolitics and naïve realism. What makes vague but attractive geopolitical jargon, ...

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We Are Aspiring Republicans: Interview with Sergey Tsyplyaev

25 May 2021 Igor Gretskiy

SERGEY TSYPLYAEV PhD in Physics and Mathematics; member of the Supreme Soviet of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) (1989–92); Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in St Petersburg (1992–2000); President of the Respublika Foundation (since 2000) ...

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Moldova is a Multifaceted State in Terms of National Identity: Interview with Alexandru Burian

25 May 2021 Yana Prymachenko

Alexandru Burian is a doctor of law, professor in the Department of International Law and External Economic Relations Law of Moldova State University, and pro-rector of the University of European Studies of Moldova. He is the author of more than 250 pieces of scholarly writing, including 6 monographs and 12 university textbooks in the fields of public international law, diplomatic and consular law, geopolitics, diplomatic protocol, and etiquette. In 1988–1990, he was a Senior Scientific Assistant in the International Department of the Central Committee (CC) of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), and Senior Researcher in the I...

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How the Russian-Ukrainian War Broke Out – On the Backstage of International Politics From Jacub Kumoch Perspective.

25 May 2021 Łukasz Adamski

This conversation between Igor Janke and Jakub Kumoch is an important source for research into the beginning of the Russian–Ukrainian war and the role of Polish diplomacy in the winter and spring of 2022. After all, it is not often that direct participants in high-level international talks share their memories of key historical moments, along with many important details and observations, less than a year after the events themselves. This is what Jakub Kumoch does – and he does it in a colourful way. A Polish political scientist and diplomat who has served as Poland's ambassador to Switzerland, Turkey and other countries, Kumoch was State ...

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Interview with Lauri Mälksoo. Russian Intellectuals Were More Interested in Issues of Justice Than in Law as Such

25 May 2021 Łukasz Adamski

Instead of Abstract I don’t have an impression that Russia is not interested in international law; but like any great power with imperialist ambitions or revisionist claims, it wants to make exceptions for itself to the existing international law. Therefore it has – throughout its history – emphasized many exceptions to the pacta sunt servanda principle. Yes, maybe pacta indeed sunt servanda, but this principle can be challenged when circumstances change. ...

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Book review: Ryszard Zięba, Poland’s Foreign and Security Policy: Problems of Compatibility with the Changing International Order (Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2020)

25 May 2021 Igor Gretskiy

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