Diplo Blog
It was 20 years ago today: Two decades of the increased research, education, and digital development of diplomacy
20 September 2022
My experience with Diplo is twofold: personal and academic, and the two are intertwined. In 1990, I was working at the Yugoslav Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Belgrade. One morning, a representative from Huma...
Intercultural communication and logical fallacies
05 September 2022
Contemporary diplomacy, Cultural diversity, Diplomatic theory and practice, Intercultural communication, Language and diplomacy
This blog is the first in a series in which I explore intercultural communication through the lens of logical fallacies, linking each fallacy to a current trend or event. I have chosen fallacies in the first instan...
Wreckers are as important as builders
02 August 2022
I was reading Eric Hobsbawn’s excellent eulogy on Tony Judt this rainy morning. One sentence struck me. Speaking of the end of the Communist system, this Marxist historian stated: The real heroes of the period [i...
Diplomacy as poetry
17 July 2022
Ambiguity, Diplomatic theory and practice, Language and diplomacy
Can poetry help diplomacy? A joke, surely! Poetry and diplomacy are worlds apart and have nothing in common other than using language as a medium. Diplomacy is devoid of poetry unless, that is, we count the allitera...
Diplomatic immunity law and jus cogens: Can the relationship result in invalidating the VCDR or the VCCR?
Many commentators suggest that the concepts of diplomatic immunity are outdated because they were developed prior to the emergence of fundamental concepts of international human rights law. It is suggested that immuni...
State immunity: Germany revisits earlier ICJ decision and its potential ramifications for diplomatic immunity
04 July 2022
Diplomatic law, International law, International relations, law and politics, Privileges and immunities
On 3 February 2012, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) rendered its judgment on the issue of jurisdictional immunity in the case Jurisdictional Immunities of the State (Germany v. Italy: Greece intervening) rega...
10th anniversary of the Humanitarian Diplomacy course
This year, Diplo is marking the 10th anniversary year of its Humanitarian Diplomacy online course, delivered in partnership with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). This is a g...
