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.
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.
Perhaps the “experiment” in universal, forced literacy, has been a failure, an historical blip. Literacy is in retreat because of technology and because inquiring minds challenge leadership patterns. Yet intellectual capacity— signified by literacy— determines strategic success. What is to be done?
Significant improvements in the sophistication and general capabilities of South-East Asian nations, such as Indonesia and Malaysia, have relegated Australia’s historical strategic and miliary dominance of the region to a reduced significance.