In the age of post-globalisation, we are witnessing a violent polarisation of the world and the value system in the international community. The complexity of global challenges calibrates the achievability of foreign policy goals.

In my career, I have had the opportunity to get to know countries on different continents, where the ruling political-economic elites use diplomatic toolbox to project their power in order to assert their pragmatic interests in the neighbourhood, region and world. As a witness to the Arab Spring, I can argue that authoritarian projection of power does not increase prosperity, but ultimately shrinks it.

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