The 21st issue of Diplomacy Journal was published in July 2018. The issue focuses on the results and achievements of the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU, which had recently concluded. It features the following publications: “Achievements of the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU” (Petko Draganov, Director General for Political Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs); “The Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU and the European Perspective of the Western Balkan Countries” (Tanya Mihaylova, Director of the Bulgarian Diplomatic Institute); and “The Western Balkans: How High on the EU Agenda?” (Lyubomir Kyuchukov).

The issue also includes an interview with Prof. Thierry de Montbrial, Founder and President of the French Institute of International Relations; the articles “Beyond Brexit and the 2017 Elections in Europe – The Agenda of Diffuse Threats Facing the European Union” (Chief Assistant Prof. Mira Kaneva); “Geopolitics and Frozen Conflicts in the Black Sea Region” (Valentin Radomirski); “Energy Security – The New Challenge to Resolving the Cyprus Question” (Dr. Plamen Hristov); “Principled Pragmatism as an Emerging Tradition in US Foreign Policy” (Dr. Gergana Tsvetkova); “One Hundred Years of Polish-Bulgarian Diplomatic Relations: History and Prospects for Development” (H.E. Krzysztof Krajewski, Ambassador of Poland to Bulgaria); as well as a summary of the book Nikola Mushanov: Diary. Memoirs. Autobiography.