Features

Human Security as a Pathway to a Peaceful Myanmar

by Tarja Halonen and José Ramos-HortaOriginally published in Newsweek Magazine. Link below. There are solutions for the crisis in Myanmar. They depend on the Tatmadaw, the country's military forces, moving into the 21st century and realizing that security can no...

Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader, marks 90th birthday on Zoom

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader, was set to throw a Zoom party in quarantine to celebrate his 90th birthday on Tuesday, as President Vladimir Putin hailed him as an “outstanding statesman” who influenced the course of history. Gorbachev,...

A World Adrift: Challenges and Leadership

Originally published on Wall Street International Magazine. Link below. Sheltered in this tranquil, magic Far East land, I follow developments across the globe, in particular the Covid-19 onslaught, and now with new mutations and variations. And whenever I shared...

Ramos-Horta and Yunus: Vaccines with a global common good guarantee

  We are in the grip of a historic pandemic. The novel coronavirus, which causes COVID-19 threatening the whole of the human family. COVID-19 does not discriminate. Across the globe, outbreaks of COVID-19 continue to claim thousands of lives. So far, we have...