Is “Value Diplomacy” Possible? Serbia’s UNGA Behavior During the Ukraine Crisis

... Zemanek (2023) identified as a crisis of a “rules-based order” in which the sovereign will of countries is often limited by political expectations imposed from outside. While the current shifts show the ability of great powers to pursue value-based diplomacy, the position of less-influential countries and their abilities were often overlooked. It can be said that, at the very core of value diplomacy, lies national identity as a set of core values and aspirations that define proper state behavior (Erbas, 2022). However, McKinnon (2002) noted that political action rarely comes from a set of shared values and moral truth alone, but rather ...