Good Country Index: Which Are the "Goodest" Countries?
2022年3月29日 · As usual, the highest ranking non-European countries are all in the Anglosphere: Canada (6th), Australia (18th) and New Zealand (19th). East Asia doesn’t enter the rankings until 25th (Singapore); Latin America until 33rd (Chile); Africa until 44th (South Africa), and South Asia until 53rd (India). This result, and the question of why ...
Making Sense of ‘Sudden Russian Death Syndrome’
2023年3月20日 · While the wave of mysterious Russian diplomat deaths abroad seems to have mostly subsided after 2017, 2022, and the first months of 2023 have seen another cluster of suspicious deaths, dubbed “ Sudden Russian Death Syndrome.”. The deceased have predominantly been Russian energy functionaries and other business leaders and high-ranking ...
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To Remake the World, Let’s Rethink Education
2022年1月19日 · Realizing this potential will take rethinking prevailing assumptions about the path forward in education, in three respects—the purpose of education, how we develop leadership for fulfilling it, and how we support our educators to be not only locally rooted, but globally informed. First, we need to prioritize rethinking the very purpose of ...
Diplomatic Mortality in China
2023年2月6日 · n just over two decades since the turn of the 21st century, only around 50 ambassadors have died while in office, globally. This can be largely attributed to Article 29 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, which holds the person of diplomatic agents to be inviolable and requires governments to prevent harm to diplomats.About 10% of those deaths occurred in China alone over the ...
The Difference Between Education Transformation and Reform
2022年12月11日 · Education reform improves the existing system. It tackles individual problems, such as teacher recruitment, and changes individual inputs, such as updating curricula, laws, and infrastructure. These improvements are often necessary and can improve education systems. But reform efforts are only the tip of the iceberg, and they don’t change ...
New UAE Citizenship Law a Milestone for the Gulf
2021年3月4日 · n January 30, the ruler of Dubai and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashed Al Maktoum announced a decision that will provide a select group of foreigners with a pathway to Emirati citizenship. Under a new amendment to the country’s citizenship law, foreigners whom the national authorities believe have made important contributions to the UAE’s ...
Promoting Sustainable Development through Tourism in the …
2023年12月7日 · According to the Caribbean Development Bank, while real tourist expenditure grew from $6.8 billion in 1989 to $13.1 billion in 2014, the average expenditure per visitor declined by 30.1%. Some of this is due to the growth of the cruise industry in the region. While a long-stay tourist spends approximately one week in their destination, a cruise ...
Cyber War, From the Bottom Up - diplomaticourier.com
2023年2月11日 · The Department of Defense gave birth to the foundations of the internet and is indirectly responsible for the modern information age. Cyber war is, therefore, merely an electronic continuation of politics by other means; a way of asserting your political will on that of your adversary. It’s Carl and Marie von Clausewitz with email.
Inside Serbia’s Complicated Relationship with Israel
2023年11月29日 · Confirm my preferences and close. Nov 29, 2023 // Serbia’s relationship with Israel is complicated, as the Serbian government balances cordial relations with its population’s general disapproval of Israeli actions in Gaza. Broader geopolitical considerations also intrude, perhaps explaining Serbia’s pro-Israel stance in the current war ...