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The Art of Leadership and Diplomacy
Leadership is about effective communication, leading from the front, and bringing out the best in individuals according to their competencies. One more crucial characteristic...
Conversation With Francesco Pazienza
For those of you who do not know him, Dr. Pazienza in brief It would not be enough to write a whole book to...
The 19th Congress of the Communist Party of China
When, in 1972, Nixon pointed out to Mao Zedong that "the Chinese President changed the world", Mao just answered "no, only something on the...
Modern Democracy Has No Room for an Autocratic Ruler
President Uhuru Kenyatta must be advised and made aware that should he intend to, think of, or try to become anything closer to an...
The Sad story of the Indian Railways
The Indian railways' network is one of the largest in the world and the second largest in Asia, next only to China. To put things...
Staying On the Right Side of History: Lessons in Politics
The intellectual and cultural iconoclasm of Vienna in the late nineteenth century shaped much of the West and provided the progressive nidi that would...
Climate change, food security and sustaining peace
‘We have succeeded at keeping famine at bay, we have not kept suffering at bay’, said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres while briefing members of...
Increased international transparency in military spending is possible
Authors: Dr Nan Tian and Pieter D. Wezeman On 20 October the First Committee of the United Nations General Assembly will discuss the annual...
Trump Wrestles with the Middle East in a Difficult Week for U.S. Policy
It has been a week of repeated insults to U.S. adventurism and Donald Trump's ill-defined Middle East policy. In Iraq, thanks to Iranian backing...
Can Europe Save America From Google?
President Donald Trump has apparently appointed Joseph Simons and Rohit Chopra to run the Antitrust Division at the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”). ...