Ghosts of "Guernica" on the fields of "Donnyland": Bulgarian "earthquake," Islamabad deadlock, and the world in search of a new language of power

Cartoon by Olexandr Sydorenko.

At negotiations in Pakistan, the parties simply cannot reach an agreement. Finally, one diplomat whispers to another: "You know, we have two ways to solve the problem: a realistic one and a fantastic one." "And what are they?" "The realistic one is if aliens from space fly down and fix everything for us." "And the fantastic one?" "The fantastic one is if we ourselves agree on something."