title: Diplomacy beyond the state: Ukrainian think tank experts as wartime diplomacy actors
abstract: To understand the effects of war on the diplomatic practices of nonstate actors, this article focuses on the wartime diplomacy efforts of Ukrainian think tank experts in the aftermath of Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022.Drawing on the concept of think tank diplomacy, the study specifically examines how Ukrainian think tankers adapted their diplomacy functionsnegotiation, communication, information-gathering and promotion of friendly relations with other countriesunder the conditions
journal: European Security