Category Archives: March 2010

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Feature Articles / March 2010

Some Questions About Europe
by Dorothea F. Zimmer

Thinking about how best to express the multitude of my thoughts on the topic of the future of Europe in a short article, I frequently step outside into the sunshine to pick the old leaves and blossoms from my plants on the terrace. As often, I am amused by the symbolic nature of my actions: removing the old that wants to die, this way making space for the new. My body carries …

Leadership Quote

Leadership Quote / March 2010

“There are no great people in this world, only great challenges which ordinary people rise to meet.”

~ William Frederick Halsey, Jr.

Global Values Update

Global Values Update / March 2010

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Why Western Democracy Is Not a Global Notion:
Required a Values Based System of Governance

by Alan Tonkin

Introduction

The concept of “Western style democracy” is not a globally accepted notion as we see every day on the 24 hour international news channels as well as in the world’s press. This is because different societies with vastly different levels of development and values, view governance from very different values perspectives.

For the purposes of this discussion paper we will consider …