CSDS Outreach: August and September 2022

In this article, BSoG researcher Alexander Mattelaer comments on Russia’s intentions after the most recent escalation in its war with Ukraine.

In this article, BSoG researcher Laura Vansina comments on the partial Russian mobilization, its effects on the Russian population, and on the Russian people’s sentiment towards its regime.

In this article, BSoG researcher Laura Vansina analyses the situation of Russia on the international scene, in particular relating to the possibility to take away Russia’s veto power in the UN Security Council.

In this article, BSoG researcher Laura Vansina comments on the partial mobilization declared by Russia’s president Putin.

In this article, BSoG Vice-Dean for Research Alexander Mattelaer explains Russia’s most recent plans in its war with Ukraine, in particular how it intends to secure part of the Ukrainian territory.

Vice-Dean for Research at Brussels School of Governance, Professor Alexander Mattelaer, was quoted in a piece by De Tijd. Alexander was asked for his views on Ukraine's recent operational success and the implications for Russia.

Author: Johan Verbeke This book informs students about the practice of modern diplomacy while simultaneously inviting them to critically reflect on it.The work introduces the world of diplomacy from a practitioner’s point of view. Rather than listening to what diplomats say they do, the book looks at what they actually do. Diplomacy is thus approached through the lenses of its manifold practices: from political analysis to policy-shaping, from conflict prevention over conflict-management to conflict-resolution. However, the book not only aims at informing or instructing but also, and primarily, wants its readers to critically reflect on diplomacy. It reviews received ideas by posing questions such as: what does ‘preventive diplomacy’ really mean?; what is the place of ‘transparency’ in diplomatic practice?; why is the relationship between ‘law and diplomacy’ ambiguous?; how come that our leaders have such a difficult time in credibly defending ‘human rights’?; and why is conducting an ‘ethical foreign policy’ a mission impossible? To tackle these and other questions, the book uses the tools of contemporary academic disciplines, such as behavioural economics, game theory, social psychology, argumentation theory, and practical logic, among others. This interdisciplinary approach brings fresh perspective to a field of study that has long remained self-contained.This book will be of great interest to students of diplomacy, foreign policy, and International Relations, as well as those seeking a career in diplomacy and existing diplomatic practitioners and international analysts.