Piotr Pietrzak

In Statu Nascendi is a new peer-reviewed journal that aspires to be a world-class scholarly platform encompassing original academic research dedicated to the circle of Political Philosophy, Cultural Studies, Theory of International Relations, Foreign Policy, and the political Decision-making process. The journal investigates specific issues through a socio-cultural, philosophical, and anthropological approach to raise a new type of civic awareness about the complexity of contemporary crisis, instability, and warfare situations, where the “stage-of-becoming” plays a vital role. Issue 2019:2 comprises, amongst others, the following interviews & articles: - Charity Begins at Home: Resolving the Tensions of Liberalism(s), “White Privilege”, and African Corruption via Rawls and Transnational Digital-Communitarianism - Lukács, Kojève, and Verene’s interpretations of Hegel’s recollection in his “Phenomenology of Spirit” - Interview with Sami Mehmeti on the political situation in the newly established Republic of Northern Macedonia - Madonnas and Whores or Blood and Gore? Roles for Women in the So-Called Islamic State - Donald J. Trump’s Policy Toward North Korea and the Islamic Republic of Iran – a Comparative Study - Contrariwise and Inconsistent Positions on Turkey's EU Membership – Do Party Politics Matter in German Foreign Policy?

Piotr Pietrzak is a Ph.D. Candidate at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridiski”. He holds a Master’s Degree in International Politics & International Relations from the University of Manchester and a Master’s Degree in Politics from the University of Warmia and Mazury (Poland). Pietrzak was awarded an Erasmus Scholarship in 2007. He specializes in the politics of the Middle East and the Islamic world, and focuses his attention on the theory of international relations; geopolitics, conflict resolution strategies, and international law; and primarily matters related to the First and Second World Wars, and superpower competition during the Cold War.