Welcome to Around the World! This week we feature discussions on the crisis of global governance, the global generational talent pool, North Korea's human rights abuses, and more.
 | Recovering from a Crisis of Global Governance As the world still struggles with the aftershocks of a global financial crisis and a global rise of protests, it is ever more apparent that global leaders are struggling to deal with effectively addressing the numerous crises coming from all directions. Thierry de Montbrial, Founder of the World Policy Conference, argues that this is a systemic problem, brought about by weak systems still struggling to find their footing after the double-whammy of economic and political crises. Read more about it here. |
 | In 1492, the discovery of America forced the European world to confront its finitude, and the configuration of both worlds had to be reinvented. Immigration has been part of an exercise to get to know ourselves and the other. This coexistence is also a creative way to define new societies. Read more about it here. |
 | While relationships evolve, no other power can provide the security guarantees like the United States, which will help long term alliances endure temporary post-Cold War shocks. Read more about it here. |
 | Tapping Into the Global Generational Talent Pool Companies that are prepared to go the extra mile and think out-of-the-box by making use of technological tools and managing remote teams of employees will be at the forefront of tapping into the best generational talent pool the world has to offer. Read more about it here. |
 | Crowdfunding Diplomacy: The Next Frontier for Government If you combined government’s ability to convene and accelerate projects globally with the crowdfunding platform’s ability to engage local communities and investors in projects, you would have a potentially game-changing impact on grassroots diplomacy and development. Read more about it here. |
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A United Nations panel has accused North Korea of crimes against humanity, including systematic extermination, torture, rape, forced abortions, and starvation. According to the BBC, "the commission finds that there is an almost complete denial of the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, as well as of the rights to freedom of opinion, expression, information, and association." The UN commission is recommending prosecution of the country's top leaders by the International Criminal Court. Human rights experts are praising the report as "the first high-level investigative report" into North Korea's human rights abuses.
This Week in History
1947: Voice of America begins broadcasting into the Soviet Union. Designed to give Russian citizens an insight into American life during the Cold War, the programs started out as somewhat dry news stories with poor broadcast quality, but eventually evolved to provide more music selections, especially jazz to an audience with a nearly insatiable appetite for American jazz. By the 1960s, Voice of America was broadcasting to every continent in several different languages, a tradition that continues to this day.
1979: China invades Vietnam, following a Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia that resulted in the toppling of Pol Pot's regime. Chinese forces were repulsed after just nine days of violent fighting.
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Around the World!
February 17, 2014
Welcome to Around the World! This week we feature discussions on the crisis of global governance, the global generational talent pool, North Korea's human rights abuses, and more.
| Recovering from a Crisis of Global Governance As the world still struggles with the aftershocks of a global financial crisis and a global rise of protests, it is ever more apparent that global leaders are struggling to deal with effectively addressing the numerous crises coming from all directions. Thierry de Montbrial, Founder of the World Policy Conference, argues that this is a systemic problem, brought about by weak systems still struggling to find their footing after the double-whammy of economic and political crises. Read more about it here. |
| In 1492, the discovery of America forced the European world to confront its finitude, and the configuration of both worlds had to be reinvented. Immigration has been part of an exercise to get to know ourselves and the other. This coexistence is also a creative way to define new societies. Read more about it here. |
| While relationships evolve, no other power can provide the security guarantees like the United States, which will help long term alliances endure temporary post-Cold War shocks. Read more about it here. |
| Tapping Into the Global Generational Talent Pool Companies that are prepared to go the extra mile and think out-of-the-box by making use of technological tools and managing remote teams of employees will be at the forefront of tapping into the best generational talent pool the world has to offer. Read more about it here. |
| Crowdfunding Diplomacy: The Next Frontier for Government If you combined government’s ability to convene and accelerate projects globally with the crowdfunding platform’s ability to engage local communities and investors in projects, you would have a potentially game-changing impact on grassroots diplomacy and development. Read more about it here. |
Around the Web
A United Nations panel has accused North Korea of crimes against humanity, including systematic extermination, torture, rape, forced abortions, and starvation. According to the BBC, "the commission finds that there is an almost complete denial of the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, as well as of the rights to freedom of opinion, expression, information, and association." The UN commission is recommending prosecution of the country's top leaders by the International Criminal Court. Human rights experts are praising the report as "the first high-level investigative report" into North Korea's human rights abuses.
This Week in History
1947: Voice of America begins broadcasting into the Soviet Union. Designed to give Russian citizens an insight into American life during the Cold War, the programs started out as somewhat dry news stories with poor broadcast quality, but eventually evolved to provide more music selections, especially jazz to an audience with a nearly insatiable appetite for American jazz. By the 1960s, Voice of America was broadcasting to every continent in several different languages, a tradition that continues to this day.
1979: China invades Vietnam, following a Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia that resulted in the toppling of Pol Pot's regime. Chinese forces were repulsed after just nine days of violent fighting.
