Diversification of diplomacy: state diplomacy, track one diplomacy, intergovernmental diplomacy, secret diplomacy, coercive diplomacy, bilateral diplomacy, multilateral diplomacy, conference diplomacy, economic diplomacy, environmental diplomacy, business diplomacy, trade diplomacy, global diplomacy, regional diplomacy, military diplomacy, science diplomacy, public diplomacy, social diplomacy, multi-track diplomacy, track two diplomacy, non-governmental diplomacy, back-channel diplomacy, digital diplomacy, social media diplomacy, e-diplomacy, Facebook diplomacy, Twitter diplomacy, hashtag diplomacy, citizen diplomacy, people’s diplomacy, cultural diplomacy, arts diplomacy, celebrity diplomacy, religious diplomacy, faith diplomacy, sports diplomacy, children diplomacy, indigenous diplomacy, diaspora diplomacy, trans-professional diplomacy, plural diplomacies, everyday diplomacy…

I am honored to serve on the Advisory Board of the Comprehensive Capacity-Building in Eastern Neighbourhood and Central Asia: research integration, impact governance and sustainable communities (GCRF COMPASS): https://research.kent.ac.uk/gcrf-compass/people/

My article in E-IR about the growing gap between Russian and Western political narratives

Strategy can be not only a property of the mind but also an attribute of the sense. One may have both strategic thinking and sense of strategy.

To be not sweet and not toxic but natural.

Быть не сладким и не токсичным, но естественным.

“Testing the limits of the counterpart” happens in martial arts, conversations, negotiations, diplomacy, debates, and everyday encounters. Often nonverbally and unconsciously.