Is diplomatic rudeness a mistake—or a strategy? Our new article @bjpir.bsky.social shows how weaker states deploy "overt impoliteness" to challenge hierarchy and assert agency in leader-level diplomacy. doi.org/10.1177/1369...

Why are smaller countries shifting toward the China/Russia🇨🇳🇷🇺 axis, and away from 🇺🇸US-led order? Ali Balci and Furkan Halit Yolcu use Hungary 🇭🇺and Pakistan 🇵🇰in the 2010s to explain the shift in survival strategies of key ruling groups in those countries. academic.oup.com/fpa/article-...