This book examines the strategies of persuasive discourse in political and diplomatic communication, with particular focus on the speeches delivered by the delegation of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations Security Council during 2022–2023. The author adopts a rhetorical-pragmatic theoretical framework that links persuasion to argumentation and draws on both classical and modern concepts such as ethos, pathos, logos, speech acts, and the conditions for argumentative success.
The book highlights that contemporary political discourse no longer merely serves a communicative or aesthetic function, but is now measured by its ability to exert influence and secure support in complex international contexts.
The study also analyses the linguistic and argumentative structures of these speeches, demonstrating how solidaristic, directive, and allusive strategies are employed to construct a humane and rational discourse founded on dialogue and the rejection of violence.
The study concludes that Emirati discourse represents a model of soft power, combining humanitarian values, argumentative logic, and diplomatic tact in a manner that promotes international peace and affirms the effectiveness of persuasion as an alternative to exclusion and confrontation.