Anglitoiu, George2026-10-262026-10-262025ANGLIŢOIU, G. (2025). Focalism. An introduction. EUROPOLITY Continuity and Change in European Governance, 19(2). https://doi.org/10.25019/europolity.2025.19.2.22344-2255https://debdsfdi.snspa.ro/handle/123456789/1267This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license, available at: https://europolity.eu/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2.-ANGLITOIU.pdf The author Anglitoiu George is affiliated to SNSPA, The Department of International Relations and European Integration (DRIIE). The article is published in EUROPOLITY. CONTINUITY AND CHANGE IN EUROPEAN GOVERNANCE, a biannual peer-reviewed open access international academic journal published under the aegis of the Department of International Relations and European Integration of the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, through the Centre of European Studies (CES).Visionaries envision. Teachers teach. Leaders lead. But each has a need for conceptualisation and verbalisation in order to build up their capacity to gather audience, impact present time and forge the future. This essay is about alternative theoretical and practical skills, which could be of use for nurturing minds and wills towards academic endeavours with benefits for betterment of societies through foreign policy and international relations. But if proven of quality and relevance, it should also be about a personal mark on IR studies, enough to qualify its proponent as author. Therefore, I have enlisted a series of past contributions with the goal of showcasing the need for what I call Focalism. Also, I have used one classic and deciding example of focalist making of IR, applied to one of the most impressive feats of diplomacy and belligerence ever achieved: Zhuge Hidden Dragon Liang’ s diplomatic mission at the court of Sun Quan, and the subsequent victory of their joint army of 50,000 over the invading northern forces of Cao Cao of 1,000,000.enFocalismHegemony neural limitsRecurrent mindsetReptilian brainArticle