12 April 2023
Video available (in Slovenian) at SDMO YouTube channel:
Introductory remarks by amb. Marjan Šetinc to the presentation of the works by amb. Milan Jazbec ”Trilogy”
“Milan Jazbec’s scientific thought and journalistic work” entitled TRILOGY has appeared in three sizable volumes! Ambassador Milan Jazbec is professor, writer, politician, chronicler, and many more… He served as Slovenia’s ambassador to Turkey from 2010-2015 and to North Macedonia from 2016-2020, and has been in the diplomatic service since 1987, including the time in the Yugoslavia’s Federal Secretariat for Foreign Affairs, and in the Slovenian foreign service since 1991.
The TRILOGY collection consists of three parts covering different periods, and was created throughout the author’s rich diplomatic career. The collection is an excellent source and description of periods and events, as well as personal experiences in the diplomatic world and international relations, with an emphasis on Slovenia in the international arena during a 35-year of his diplomatic career. This major work in three volumes is an interesting chronology of events during this time. Each book has its own title and period it covers, the first being “Diplomacy in the Prism: Selected Articles 1990-2021”, the second “Day is Woven Anew: Selected Essays and Prefaces 1990-2021”, and the third ”Security, Defense and Slovenia: Selected Contributions 2001-2021”.
The “Trilogy” was published in the series of the IFIMES – International Institute for Middle Eastern and Balkan Studies publications. Large sections/chapters/contributions in the three books are authored in English and German.
Ambassador Sabina R. Stadler, Head of the Strategic Studies and Analysis Division, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, introdued the author, while Ambassador Milan Jazbec presented his reflections on the content and individual periods of the Trilogy.