Leadership and ethics: No, greed and power lust are not right
The two deadly sins of greed and power-hunger have become accepted qualities of modern leaders. This does not mean, however, that morality and ethics are irrelevant or obsolete.
Editorials
Venezuela: A Latin American Syria in the making?
The first signs are quite worrisome. The US Administration is talking about “Maduro regime” and using its dominance of the financial transaction system to orchestrate a change of government in Venezuela. President Trump and his team support the claims of National Assembly leader Juan Guiado, who has declared himself Interim President. Several Latin American countries…
Our New Year’s Resolution
Six points that can help guide personal and collective thinking and action for the common global good in 2019
How not to protect the environment
For several weeks thousands of French citizens have been protesting on the streets of Paris and all around the country against President Macron’s plan to further increase the tax on gasoline. The aim is allegedly is to deter the use of fossil fuels that create CO2 emissions and thus contribute to intensifying climate change. The…
Rethinking the global: the start of a new era for Katoikos
Four years after its establishment, Katoikos is embarking on a new phase by joining the Foundation for Global Governance and Sustainability (FOGGS), a Brussels-based not-for-profit public utility foundation. The Foundation focuses on the development of a “Grand Narrative” for a fairer and more inclusive globalisation. According to the motto used by FOGGS, this Grand Narrative…
The hostile climate of unhinged American exceptionalism
Trump’s announcement on 1 June that he would pull the US out of the Paris Agreement signals a dangerous turn in the attitude of “the one remaining superpower”.
Macron marching on
Macron has defused the nationalist bomb at the foundations of Europe. But a lot more needs to be done to set France and Europe on a positive path.
The sick man of Turkey
The EU and other international organisations cannot remain idle in the face of the increasingly blatant violations of basic democratic norms in Turkey.
Mr Juncker’s White Paper
The European Commission issued a “White Paper on the Future of Europe” as its contribution to the soul-searching in Brussels.
Cold plunge into the Trump era
On Friday, 20 January 2017, Donald J. Trump was inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States of America. He used the occasion to remind his fellow US citizens and the rest of the world of his campaign promises, summing up with the nationalist slogans “America First” and “Make America Great Again”. The new President did not lose time before starting to implement some of those promises.
