The phenomenon of rejection of the rules of decency in modern foreign policy and diplomacy

Abstract

This article is devoted to the cases of non-traditional methods of diplomacy that have appeared in recent years, uncommon for previous periods of international relations, such as: declassifi cation of confi dential negotiations, publication of foreign policy correspondence, release of restricted information, violation of diplomatic protocol, impoliteness in personal talks between offi cials. The content of the Russian-American communication on issues of strategic stability, maintenance of peace and the indivisibility of security in Euro-Atlantics — which also became property of the global audience — has been studied in detail. This analysis reveals signifi cant diff erences in understanding of the principle of equal security for all: no clear answer has been yet received to the question of how the «collective West» assumes its obligation not to strengthen its own security at the expense of the security of others and how Western governments intend to implement it practically in modern conditions or they withdraw from it. It is impossible to ensure a balance of interests in the world without full clarity on this key issue concerning the relationship of rights and obligations approved at the highest level. The answer would help in better understanding the readiness of the US, NATO and EU to reach agreement as well as the possibility of joint progress towards reducing tension and strengthening security in the OSCE region. Instead, extremely aggressive expressions, rhetoric and actions are used against Russia which are undertaken primarily in the form of the so-called cancel culture, illegal restrictions and unprecedented sanctions. They show that the «golden billion» has decided for itself that an undeclared hybrid war is going on not for life, but for death. It is concluded that Russian diplomacy has seriously complicated its work by counteracting the frankly unfriendly course of suppressing any foreign policy dissent, which the West has accepted and is not going to stop.