GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
The UAE: Traditional Leadership, Modern Success
Is the United Arab Emirates’ model of monarchical leadership a positive strategic option for the 21st Century?
Dr Alastair Paynter, London Editor
Dr Alastair Paynter is a strategist, author and historian. A former academic, he is a Senior Fellow of Strategic Studies at the ISSA College of Fellows. He is also an artist and writes the newsletter bowofodysseus.substack.com.
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
Lessons in the Art of Diplomacy
Since everybody seems to be talking about diplomacy right now it is appropriate to recall a couple of important historical examples of good and bad negotiations.
ECONOMICS & BUSINESS
Land, Cities and Power: A Changing Strategic Relationship?
Existing economic models — those of the past 200 or so years — are showing weakness as the population growth of that period begins to wane. Does this mean a return to more regional and land-based wealth?
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Malaysia’s New Elected King
Malaysia crowned a new king on January 31, 2024, and he promises — like King Charles III in the UK — to add new dynamism to the monarchy, and re-define its rôle.
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
Governance: The Crown Contract
Global unrest causes people to review their fundamental security and governance structures. This is why, at a time of global change, the Liechtenstein model of constitutional monarchy becomes of interest.