The Ukraine War and Strategic Shifts in International Relations

Covid-19 Vaccine Diplomacy – the Exclusive Game and its Powerful Players

With access to Covid-19 vaccines being regarded a soft power asset, a few powerful countries use vaccine shots to further their own diplomatic objectives, in a move that is symbolically potent but without clear pragmatic benefits so far.

Sport Diplomacy of Contested Territories

Not all territories enjoy membership of international sports bodies like FIFA. Thus, some territories have been forced to seek alternative avenues for sports diplomacy, such as gaining membership of CONIFA.

Nationals in Crisis and Diplomacy's Domestic Communication Challenge

All countries have turned into a global no-go zone and in the Covid-19 crisis flying citizens home is an unprecedented logistical operation. Helping people is one thing, but getting through to an elusive public to induce behavioural change, is the hardest part of the consular challenge.