The current debate as to who is at fault in Ukraine, Russia or NATO, is crippled by either/or thinking.
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Healthier Middle Eastern societies can result when the dynamic between belonging and being an individual is viewed comprehensively—not a victory of one over another.
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When emotionally aroused, the human mind focuses so intensely on the object in question that all dissenting information is devalued and excluded.
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Further military aid to Ukraine will likely provoke—not deter—Putin’s aggression.
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A journey to the Russian Ural city of Yekaterinburg reveals the truer to life reality of Russia hidden behind our limiting caricatures of the ‘other.’
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Canada’s obsession with comfort and safety has led to a society that is buffered—geographically and culturally—from challenge. But is this sustainable?
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If 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.
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Can the metaphor of a properly functioning bicameral mind help diminish polarization and make politics and diplomacy more effective?
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Can our life experiences and their impact on our emotions and temperament, unbeknownst to us, affect our political outlook?
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Big 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.
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John Zada’s new book looks at how the news skews our perceptions and disorients society.
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John Bell reflects on how ignoring innate needs has crippled his homeland, and on how it could recover.
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