Piotr Pietrzak is co-founder and editor-in-chief of In Statu Nascendi - Journal of Political Philosophy and International Relations, a non-profit charitable organization based in Sofia, Bulgaria. He specializes in the Middle East and the Islamic World and looks at his research area through the prism of some of the most exciting developments in the International Relations theory, geopolitics, conflict resolution strategies, and international law. His primary interests relate to recent socio-political developments in Afghanistan, Cyprus, the Former Yugoslavia, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Syria, Egypt, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Yemen, as well as Georgia and Ukraine. Also, Pietrzak regularly comments on matters related to the superpower competition during and after the cold war.