A pro-Russia demonstrator wears a vest bearing a depiction of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the words “Motherland! Freedom!” during a rally in Donetsk, Ukraine, in 2014.
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The high-profile absence of several world leaders including Trump from the World Economic Forum has led some to suggest its influence is in decline. A philosopher who has seen Davos up close disagrees.
The decline in international students studying in the U.S. has worldwide implications.
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As the number of international students studying in the United States declines, so does the nation’s ‘soft power,’ a pair of international education scholars argue.
China’s President Xi Jinping at the podium at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
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Leaders are worried US leadership on global issues like climate change will be diminished under President Trump. Experts explain why China is ready to lead, and how that could be a good thing.
The opportunity for emerging political figures to make their mark is considerable.
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Here are five political leaders from around the world who are emerging as significant talents and possible contenders for influence in 2017 and beyond.
Bad leaders are bad news – for their followers and for the world as a whole.
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There’s a widening global crisis in the legitimacy and credibility of leadership. It can be attributed to five sources: unable; unintelligent; immature; immoral and/or destructive leadership.
He may look like a 90-year-old pariah, but Mugabe’s presence is as strong as ever.
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The Robert Mugabe who returned from Singapore for his 90th birthday celebrations was sprightly and energised. His Singapore sojourns, officially designated as trips to treat eye problems, invigorate more…
George W Bush has retired from politics and is now painting portraits of world leaders. But why?
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“George Bush’s paintings”? Three words, so unexpectedly and yet intimately and possessively arranged. This week the former US president unveiled an exhibition of 24 portraits of world leaders and spoke…