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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
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
Scottish protestors calling out to be independent from the United Kingdom
Scotland: uncertainty ahead
What does the future look like for the nation?
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
President George W. Bush's use of the words "axis of evil" set the tone for his administration
Politics and the power of words
The influence of language in political settings
Let's nurture our environment. Environmental sustainability focuses on the ecology or environment that offers the resources
Economic sustainability after the Covid-19 pandemic
Sustainability is the aptitude of one community to become capable of meeting basic needs
Morocco palm trees in the fog, desert groves at Zagora
Morocco develops dates palm sector
Developing a renewable project
Back Row: Fourteen graduates. Front Row: Officers of the ECPD and at the center Professor Ljiljana Markovic ECPD Academic Director, Professor Dr. Jeffrey Levett and Outreach Professor Dato' Dr. Halo-N
Philosophy and Al Quran
Two cultural leaps one for Eurasia at the ceremony of Eurasian Bridges for Peace
Pakistan covered in floods
Pakistans flood catastrophes
5.7 million Pakistani flood survivors will confront a serious food emergency
A possibility for a better world is in the palm of our hand
Consumer and investor rights for a better world
Sustainability in a growing market
HR team evaluating the skills of Millenials prior to interviews
Millennials and employee recognition
How to assist millennials and the upcoming generation
Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian of France, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov of Russia, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Secretary of State Michael Pompeo of the United States, Minister of State for the Commonwealth and the United Nations of the United Kingdom Lord Tariq Ahmad, and UN Secretary-General António Guterres; Foreign Ministers of the permanent members of the United Nations (UN) Security Council
India’s geopolitical role today
Ending the UN veto and promoting human survival
Street art in Bogota, Columbia, South America. Talking from the heart
Power talk
A way to a world of peace, prosperity, love, wellness & sustainability
Brazilians gather during the voting of the presidential elections
Inclusive development for Brazil
Necessary improvements needed for the people
The sun offers a seven-billion-year supply of pollution-free energy
New rules for the post-carbon world
Nature pushing back
Coal gasification is a goldmine energy resource
Underground coal gasification
Untapped potentials of trapped black gold
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members celebrating in the streets of India
The Saffron Cult
Politics and Hinduism
Babcock Ranch, in southern Florida, USA, is a sustainable community
Ecological value
How global markets and the ecosphere can survive and thrive
The might of the U.S. military marching across the world to defend democracy
The militarism of the United States
The U.S. government aims at global hegemony through military force
The high-rise buildings of Dongcheng Qu, Beijing, China
The challenge of urbanization
How can we improve the quality of urban life?
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan is leading an anti-government long march toward Islamabad
The Haqeeqi Azadi long march
Pakistan in turmoil
Mount Rushmore, Black Hills region of South Dakota, USA features George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln
“Unapologetic” American exceptionalism
What does it mean?
Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa is the fifth democratically elected president of South Africa, as well as president of the African National Congress since 2017
Politicians' affair with the media
The crisis in select African states, from South Africa's perspective
Filling out a ballot will contribute to the poll results even if the answers aren't accurate
Beware the polls
Watch for whom to trust
Taipei is the capital city of Taiwan
Stormy weather is ahead in the Pacific
The future of Taiwan and China
President Donald Trump leaves after speaking during a Make America Great Again rally at Fayetteville Regional Airport
How the MAGA movement became the new punk rock
Donald Trump the voice for the anti-establishment
A man smiling with his baby
The population debate
One child less?
El Mehdi El Khachia is a multi-task person
The El Mehdi El Khachia multi-career personality story
What do you do for a living? What’s your story?
We must take the future of the world in our hands
The importance of imagining the future
Find solutions that are conducive to us all
Washing dirty money
Corruption
How corruption negatively affects the economic growth of a country
The world is on fire nearing an apocalyptic end
The world’s apocalyptic blind spots
Blinkered earthlings before the gates of armagaddon
Individuals who prioritize money over people and the planet may have material wealth but their wealth often owns them and they may actually be spiritually impoverished and unhealthy
Reinventing capitalism
Business serving the common good
Inflation is just one cause of the financial chaos of the world
Capitalism: borrowed legitimacy
Financial corporate greed has changed the world
The primary elections are about the democrats (blue) vs. republicans (red)
Will political pandemonium follow today’s U.S.?
What will the election primary results be in America
The green spaces of Portland, Oregon
Can climate change embellish the American dream?
Americans are dreamers
Currencies from all over the world, but does money hold the same value everywhere?
What is money?
Originally in place as an exchange for good and services, let's unpack what else money means to us
The EU has to weather the storm it's currently facing
The rise or fall of the European continent
Does the EU have answers for the future?
Climate change causes floods in many Asian countries
The convergence of disparate events
How they affect our future
Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Madrid, Spain, to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
The permanent shame of gender-based violence
Another global pandemic
People who were involved in passing COP26 the climate change pact
COP26, one year on: performative or productive?
The Glasgow climate change pact
Mahsa Amini's death on the 16th of September 2022, has sparked protests in Iran and worldwide in support of Iranian women
Iranian turmoil
Internal and external factors analyzed
A power plant in Europe that's running on fumes
The East Mediterranean gas basin
Europe needs energy solutions now
Demonstrators march against the wearing of face masks in downtown Sanford, Florida, where locals, like their pioneer forebears, have been resisting government orders © Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/AP
The danger of excessive “individual rights”
Is it individual freedom or self-serving behavior?
Police in South Africa firing rubber bullets in an attempt to control the crowd as unrest escalates
South African security uncertainty amidst COVID-19?
Protests impacting society and the economy
The Earth is our most precious resource
Leave no one behind: the red carpet back to the future!
A just transition?
British Prime Minister Theresa May reacts during a meeting at 10 Downing Street in London
The failures of Theresa May
Why the UK’s second female Prime Minister was a disappointment
Image of The White House with clouds suggests that a fall of the established order is imminent
Rise, decline, and fall of the Liberal Order
John Ikenberry’s 'A World Safe for Democracy: Liberal Internationalism and the Crises of Global Order'
Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler are the fascist leaders of their time
Two essential readings on fascism and civil war
A detailed look at Barbara Walter and Paul Mason's latest works
Russia's President Vladimir Putin posing for a photo-op with the Supreme Leader of North Korea Kim Jong-Un
Toward an alternative transatlantic strategy
The “new” major power rivalries
Meeting of the council heads of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization member states in September 2022
Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit
The politics analyzed
The business gesture of shaking hands is a universal sign of trusting the hired staff
The future of staffing
The unknown succession path
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