21 Janury 2024We want to understand what's been going on the world geopolitical stage - if it isn't Ukraine then it's Gaza if it isn't gather then it's time when why do we feel so much closer to World War 3; and what can we do to find peace the other side of the conflicts?Based on the principles of Godzilla (who was the biggest, meanest bully on the block), one-culture one-country, and balance-of-power geopolitics, I feel there's a good and final high-level understanding that most objective and rational people could agree on ( if only they can...
Sunday, 21 January 2024
Thursday, 18 January 2024
IS AMERICA'S MADNESS REVERSIBLE?
18 January 2024
From time to time, I watch these nature films and also the boxing. They are about violence, first recourse is to violence. Like the American reaction towards the Palestinians. Or America's response to Russia, that finally responded vack to America by entering Ukraine after years of fearing invasion.We human animals quit the jungle and agreed to live together in tribal settlements for protection from outside attack by animals...
Sunday, 14 January 2024
IF THE AMERICAN ORDER IS DEFUNCT, WHY DOES EUROPE STILL SUPPORT IT?
14 January 2024Why does Britain continue to contribute to Ukraine? It can only be out of blind deference, it is because of black-and-white thinking - if you are not with us, you're against us.Reality is, we are in a multi-polar world and that requires listening, diplomacy, negotiation, cooperation. But the West are in a state of denial or resistance.The West is blind to the construction work underway in The Rest of the world. How to explain this resistance to change? Why for example has Britain just agreed to contribute another £2b of borrowed...
Saturday, 13 January 2024
HOPES FOR PEACE IN THE WORLD 2024
13 January 2024
In three geopolitical regions of the world now - the Middle East, Europe and East Asia - the future of humanity and this planet is threatened by all-out direct war between super-powers, so let us try to imagine how peace might descend on the world in 2024.PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Various currents are coming together in the Middle East with the Arab nations uniting in a sense of common identity and a common future....
Wednesday, 10 January 2024
DO SOME PEOPLE TALK TOO MUCH?
10 January 2024
https://youtu.be/pDTBAiuxGcM?si=llKXF-s-ei6ySc8HDoes Mercouris talk to much? Are his Youtube videos too long? Why do some people talk so much?"The first thing to say is", well, he is a lawyer!!!A lawyer has two complexities to deal with.One is his client's case. Cases don't get to court unless they are complicated and ambiguous.And he has the law to manage which is also complexed and nuanced.And his goal must be to fully...
Saturday, 30 December 2023
WE ARE RULED BY GANGSTERS
30 December 2023
https://www.youtube.com/live/dlKuQ3r3Mwk?si=xSu817r0XOfgdB7LExactly, it's not so much that our leadership are incompetent, it's that they are corrupt - it is the practice of war that they love because it's good for business.
But we want freedom and prosperity and we know that comes from peace and productivity and planning.So how is it that it's the bad people that get to the top? Because the system must be wrong,...
Saturday, 16 December 2023
A NEW POLITICAL DYNASTY FOR INDONESIA
1 December 2023https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/indonesia-constitutional-court-ruling-democracy-political-dynasty-joko-widodo-gibran-rakabuming-raka-3851566READERS' REACTIONSSome reader reaction:"Very interesting article about the Supreme Court's reversal of the under 40 ruling." "It is a bit worrying when you see relatives bending the rule of law."ANALYSISThe court ruling didn't lower the min. age requirement, which is still 40, but it did open up opportunities for younger people who have executive governance experience. I can't see much...
Friday, 15 December 2023
COLUCHE FOR PRESIDENT
15 December 2023
Coluche was one of those rare people where a single name is enough. He was one of the world's greatest comedians but unlike Billy Connolly his language couldn't translate outside his country of origin.In 1980, he decided to run for president of France and he had many original ideas on his program: there would be no work for anyone, there would be no school for the children, all drugs would be legalised and money abolished.In...
COMMUNICATION SKILLS FOR POLITICIANS - THE EXAMPLE OF PUTIN
15 December 2023
However much people here in The West hate Putin, the president of the Russian Federation, some of it must surely be to do with his success in bringing Russia back from the dead these last 20 years.Today, let's take a look at how he does it - and why. (If you've read the previous piece on livingintheair.org on basic communication skills that will be a help in understanding the technical side of Putin's communication...
COMMUNICATION SKILLS 101
15 December 2023This is a technical piece on basic communication skills, with an emphasis on skills needed for success in the office.First, let's take a look at key communication skills. Once we have set this frame, let's look more closely at a responsibility assignment matrix (RAM) for determining roles within a project team, your project teams.Effective communication skills Effective communication skills are crucial for success in the office,...
Thursday, 14 December 2023
THE TRIUMPH OF REASON OVER EMOTION
14 December 2923
I have always taken a "realistic" position on IR, but this growing world anger, and anger at home, the emotions or passions that drive everything, emotions esp anger seem more and more to be overriding reason and common sense.Look at Gaza. Any analysis would say that Hamas has performed an almost miraculous feat in getting this decades-old conflict back at the top of the world's priorities, and that there is little to...
