In Statu Nascendi

KOUMPAROUDIS EVANGELOS, Ph.D. studied veterinary medicine at the University of Thessaly; later, he obtained an MA and Ph.D. in philosophy from Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridiski." Since 2022 he has been a post-doctoral researcher in the philosophy of medicine and biology at his alma mater. Previously, he held a visiting scholarship at Sorbonne Université, Faculté des Lettres. Evengelos has authored several articles and manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals and edited volumes, including Medicine in the Post-consumerist Society. 2023. He looks after a column on Bibliotheque.gr, where he frequently publishes original essays and short stories. He also writes dramas and black comedies for the theatre. PIOTR PIETRZAK, Ph.D., eats and sleeps geopolitics every single day. He is a political thinker, author, and ontologist by training who takes pride in adding a pragmatic twist to IR theory, political philosophy, conflict management, security studies, and geoeconomics. He is a Former Editor in Chief of In Statu Nascendi: Journal of Political Philosophy and International Relations. He has authored several articles and book chapters in peer-reviewed journals and edited volumes, including On the Idea of Humanitarian Intervention: A New Compartmentalization of IR Theories. 2021. [This is a link to his academic blog: https://irinstatunascendi.wixsite.com/irtheorist/blog].