Further military aid to Ukraine will likely provoke—not deter—Putin’s aggression.
Read MoreA journey to the Russian Ural city of Yekaterinburg reveals the truer to life reality of Russia hidden behind our limiting caricatures of the ‘other.’
Read MoreCanada’s obsession with comfort and safety has led to a society that is buffered—geographically and culturally—from challenge. But is this sustainable?
Read MoreIf there was ever a time for Turkey to serve as a global intermediary among nations, rather than a political loner defiantly grasping for power, it is today.
Read MoreCan the metaphor of a properly functioning bicameral mind help diminish polarization and make politics and diplomacy more effective?
Read MoreCan our life experiences and their impact on our emotions and temperament, unbeknownst to us, affect our political outlook?
Read MoreBig picture students of history know that empires and civilizations rise and then fall. American scholar William Ophuls explains in his book Immoderate Greatness that their own success undermines them, and that the process of collapse is unavoidable.
Read MoreJohn Zada’s new book looks at how the news skews our perceptions and disorients society.
Read MoreJohn Bell reflects on how ignoring innate needs has crippled his homeland, and on how it could recover.
Read MorePierre Vimont, a Senior Fellow at The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, tells us what global geopolitics might look like in a post-pandemic world?
Read MoreThe Covid-19 pandemic and the virtual technologies that we have come to reply upon have had a tangible impact on the work of diplomats—and on diplomacy itself.
Read MoreHaving a strong political opinion and cheering for a leader may both feel virtuous, but they may also represent error and misjudgement, if unexamined.
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