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The USS warship Liberty
The assault on the USS Liberty
Not a case of mistaken identity
The population might be aging but the economic ecosystem relies heavily on silver currency
Silver economy and the innovation ecosystem
Knowledge economy network (KEN)
Two Africans enslaved by colonialists
Slavery
Its convalescence and renaissance
Workforce uniting in protest for the government not appreciating their value in London, UK
Why is everyone striking?
Evaluating the true value of the workforce labor
Charles III is King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms
Whither the Monarchy
Long live the King
US and China members of government sorting out the details for the upcoming meeting
It’s time to rethink US-China relations
Toward a global peace initiative
Nuclear explosion in the Pacific Ocean
The nuclear group
Rundown of states with atomic weapons
An offshore rig attempting to extract oil in the depths of the Pacific Ocean
Natural resources challenges
Energy sources consequences
A protester sits on a monument in Kyiv during clashes with riot police
The Ukraine war
Its tragic reality and geopolitical background
Martin Luther King Jr. was hit in the head with a brick and fell to one knee while attempting to hold a peaceful march, the Chicago Freedom March in Illinois, USA in 1966
Is Chicago inherently racist?
Chicago’s mayoral candidates avoided discussing segregation
Wealth comes in many forms today as our markets have become global
Unproductive wealth
We are facing a new system
Ukrainian flag waving proudly in the streets of Kiev, Ukraine
The influence and role of Ukraine in geopolitics
What does Ukraine have to do to become one of the key players on the political map?
Storms batter aging power grids as climate disasters spread, USA
Clean power must be secure
If our future is to be electric, the grid must withstand multiple threats
Members of the women's suffrage movement prepare to march on New York's Wall Street in 1913, armed with leaflets and slogans demanding the vote for women
Struggle for women’s equality in America
A look at how far they have come since the 19th amendment
Victory Day celebrations by soldiers and citizens in Europe back in 1945
The past haunting the future of Europe
A map of a continent's legacy
A man at a crossroads as to which path to take where one leads to failure and the other to success
Success and failure
The pursuit of dreams and nightmares
La Resistencia, a youth emancipation movement fighting against the dictatorship in Caracas, Venezuela
Resistance and conflict
Opposites promote hope through change
Raising funds for a startup is all about keeping the eye on the prize
7 ways to raise funds for your startups
The keys to attracting investors
Women standing together in their cause to combat femicide in Latin America
What is happening in Latin America?
Femicides are on the rise, is this a cultural problem or a political problem?
Daejeo Ecological Park, Busan, South Korea
Ecological civilization
Value-driven by hope
Demonstrators carry a giant EU flag during an anti-government rally near the Georgian Parliament in Tbilisi
Europe, its war and the world order
A recurring habit that cannot be interrupted
IBN Youssef School, historical landmark, Morocco
Morocco is the link between Africa and the United States
The Moroccan-American relations
Palestinians and Israelis letting each other coexist on their own path
A new Palestine scenario
fiction or promising reality?
One example of global commons is the government of Alaska's decision to create a ‘Permanent Fund’ with 25% of the oil revenues; the dividend is paid to those citizens who apply, who are residents of Alaska and who have no criminal convictions
Global commons
Ideas to shape the future and a new international economic order
Memorial to Holodomor victims, Kyiv, Ukraine
Ukraine is not, and will never be Russia
A look at their past
Loose change that is there to help drive the silver economy
The potential of silver economy
A definition with several success stories
The issues with several countries in the South China Sea all come down to the US and China relationship
The perils of semi-sovereignty
Japan and the Philippines in the grip of geopolitical rivalry
The national flag of Ukraine waves in protest against the war Russian-Ukraine
A turning point in Ukraine
It is not realistic to pretend that Kyiv could end up completely with the Russian occupation
Canadians and Americans and their differing government systems and political culture
Canada vs USA: the political arena
The differences from the most promising democracies in the world
Russian President Vladimir Putin reading letters from his admirers and detractors
Ukraine's elimination or armageddon?
An open letter to President Vladimir Putin with no hammer to pound nor sickle to swing
Mafia boss Salvatore Riina waving goodbye
A conversation with Captain Ultimo
The one who arrested mafia boss Salvatore Riina
An aerial view of a cohousing community
Is cohousing for you?
Creating a community for a new American dream
Eventually, there is a collapse and a major die-off, with the possible extinction of the species
The end of growth
Conversion to a steady-state world system
Aerial view of city buildings near the mountain, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Public management revisited
The governance shift
A wind turbine for energy instead of drilling for oil
How to retire fossil fuels?
Steps we can take to end them
A startup business meeting where all the department heads are involved
Startups to keep an eye in 2023
Four companies that I found at the Web Summit
Sunset at El Tigre, Anzoategui, Venezuela
Shadows in the sunset
The inexorable fall of the Venezuelan regime
Trees growing inside a building with a circular skylight
Ecological economic growth
A sustainable business path
Pakistani people, standing in a line waiting to get some food. These people are facing anxiety and distress
The alarming crisis in Pakistan
A country that has a population of 230 million is now on the verge of default
A group of young entrepreneurs getting ready to pitch their business idea to a few investors
9 ways to create a pitch
How to make investors invest
Walter Lippman notes that members of the public are expected to form opinions regarding public affairs
Middle East and the Lippmann Gap
The East Mediterranean patient
Former health secretary Matt Hancock appeared on the British reality TV show "I'm a celebrity...get me out of here"
The relationship between politicians and reality tv
Should public servants and entertainment ever mix?
Ukrainian refugee Nagir holds her granddaughter at a refugee center, Moldova. UNFPA Moldova, Eduard Bîzgu, 4 March 2022
The heroic women of Ukraine
War in Ukraine is a crisis for women and girls
A fraction of the strength of the U.S. military arsenal
The U.S. military-industrial complex
A mechanism wielding the power to silence the opposition
A man praying near the rubble after surviving the 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Kahramanmaras, Turkey
Erdoğan's response to the earthquake in Turkey
The president's policy might also soon collapse
Social inequality bird's eye, Khayelitsha close to Cape Town, South Africa
Housing chronicles in South Africa
Economic disparities: why aren't the government's interventions in housing enough?
People of all ages receive primary health care at local facilities
Financing health in Costa Rica
Health is an undeniable human right for everyone
Universalism is totally compatible with diversity, it is even its condition
Emancipation, solidarity and universalism
Social justice in the hands of the far-right can protect but not make free
Two business executives high-five in support of one another
Six smarter ways to find support
Undertaking corporate projects the right way
The Preamble of the UN Charter
The war in Ukraine and our obligation to seek peace
A call to find peaceful solutions
An angry Vladimir Putin communicating his thoughts on Russian national television
Russian revanche and a Eurasian axis:
“Red Squares” Moscow
The massive voice of public opinion takes on many shapes and sizes
Politicians vs public opinion
Understanding the influence the two parties have on each other
Ukrainian and Russian delegates sitting at a table negotiating a possible peacetalk
Can we expect peace talks to begin?
Or is there a new world war on the horizon?
Author (with spectacles) at Narmada Sangharsh Yatra (Struggle Journey), 1990 @ Shailendra Yashwant
It did not stop the dam, but is it a failure?
The many faces of India’s Narmada movement
Two women working in their flower shop as part of achieving their soul-aligned business
Creating a soul-aligned business
Reaching the fun and fulfillment plateau
A woman holds a flag of the SDG of the UN
World Bank, IMF, and the UN sustainable development goals
How our world system ensures SDG failure
Re-thinking global warming
Water & soil, nature leads the way again
Recycling is an effective and easy way to change our climate behavior
What we can do as adults to change our climate behavior
Starting with the community
With what ease people's minds are taken over by fanaticism, becoming unreachable by common-sense arguments, rationality and science
Science, faith and ethics
A political mess
Offshore wind power is rapidly becoming more affordable than fossil fuels, thanks to innovation in the design of wind turbines and their infrastructure, installation and maintenance
Fighting the headwinds against wind energy
The cons of wind energy disputed
Diamonds ring: what money can buy
The feasibility of wealth
Wealth is not the creator but the created and should not be the one in control of our actions
President Putin waving farewell to Europe
Farewell to Europe?
The war between Russia and Ukraine is a much wider war
Petra, Jordan is one of the world’s most famous archaeological sites and is known as the rose-red city for the vibrant color of its sandstone
Cultural diplomacy in the Middle East
A historical outlook
A CEO from a startup trying to make sense of all the market research data
What is a market research?
The methods and tools to achieve success in understanding your market
Asian and North American super-grid interconnection can represent the capstone of global renewable energy development
US and China cooperation
In building and linking super-grids
People walking along the beach as a navy vessel patrols the Mediterranean waters off Rosh Hanikra, known in Lebanon as Ras al-Naqura, on the Israeli side of the border between the two countries, on October 7, 2022
Israel and Lebanon deal
It could usher in additional agreements  
Education in South Africa, multicultural and multilingualism
South Africa: polyglotism in the educational system
The apartheid system caused an unequal and dysfunctional educational system, on which the democratic South Africa changes have been slow
Women's "Me Too" movement in Italy
The Italian right and feminism
Why Meloni’s victory is not a real victory
Greece and Ukraine have threats that are similar in nature
Greece and Ukraine share similar threats
The nuclear missile issue
Former Health Secretary Matt Hancock was suspended by his political party over his role in a reality TV show
The black sheep of the jungle
How UK politician Matt Hancock transformed infidelity and Covid lockdown breaches into a £400,000 Reality TV deal
UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher graciously accepting her party's victory in 1979
How Margaret Thatcher was the original Spice Girl
The Iron Lady's "Girl Power"
Earth has become a global force and all countries should connect
(Inter)dependency
How being dependent on one another is the best recipe for peace
A group of young interns on their break discussing the goings on at the office
Why is internship an added value for your future career
Building up your professional profile
Knowledge generation and dissemination through economic networking
Knowledge economy network (KEN)
Introducing sustainable network of networks (SNN)
Melilla la Vieja, Morocco
Morocco strengthens its action within the African Union
Morocco's action within the AU over the past five years has been guided by a reference framework set by HM King Mohammed VI
Catholics in a church in England praying for peace in Ukraine
A plea for peace between Russia and Ukraine
The ongoing conflict has attracted the world's attention
Jacinda Arden Prime Minister of New Zealand being applauded
Women in global politics
An increase in representation
An earth in need of life support due to its failing biological system
Biological systems coming undone
Educational training activities for a new approach to education
The explosion of a nuclear weapon
US plans to use nuclear weapons against Russia
Pending armageddon?
A protest sign of the American dream, in front of the American flag
From greed to generosity
A solution to the world’s woes?
An image of an anonymous capitalist getting ready to conduct financial transactions
Climate change and a smart Capitalist
Interview with an anonymous CIO
Chapada Diamantina National Park in the state of Bahia, Brazil is one of the country's richest bioregions
Inclusive and sustainable development
How Brazil can finance it
Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and others attend the COP27 climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt November 7, 2022. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
COP-27
Blah, Blah, Blah
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman meets Xi Jinping in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia December 8, 2022
Chinese President Xi Jinping's trip to Saudi Arabia
A milestone in cementing political ties and paving the way for China and the Middle East
A young Ukrainian girl with a crown of flowers resting on her head carrying the Ukrainian flag as a hope for peace
What are the chances for peace in Ukraine?
Outlining the possible outcomes from the probable scenarios
A sunrise in the Maldives
The solar transition accelerates
Overcoming key obstacles
The blue of the "Buen Vivir" of Chile
Chile: The global mobilisation for "Buen Vivir"
Our future is public: peace and equality start again from Santiago de Chile
Homeless men sleeping on the streets, in downtown Los Angeles, California, the state with the largest homeless population in America. Frederic J. Brown / AFP - Getty Images
Claiming true exceptionality
Incomprehensible, inconceivable and unimaginable issues of the United States
Scottish protestors calling out to be independent from the United Kingdom
Scotland: uncertainty ahead
What does the future look like for the nation?
Martin Luther King Jr. and his followers marched peacefully in a protest in Washington D.C., USA
The concept of non-violence
Its connection to power and politics
A South African in the middle of the road raising a gun to the sky crying out for justice
Is COVID-19 a way for conflict to decrease?
Not in most African states, specifically South Africa
Forests on Great Nicobar, slated to be cut down for an infrastructure project @ Pankaj Sekhsaria
India as G20 president
Fit for this purpose?
Full rainbow brings light and symbolizes hope in post-pandemic times
From disruption to transition
Are we ready?
A team interpreting the data with the intention of being productive and innovative
Understanding the innovation phenomenon
What are the factors, processes, and responsibilities?
Michael Sandel, author of The Tyranny of Merit
Michael Sandel and the meritocratic ideology
The political psychology of the white working class
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