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The war in Ukraine calls for exceptional mobilization. As for racism or sexual harassment, it is time to say clearly once and for all that we can’t tolerate any war on Earth, that whoever engages in war will find humanity united against him. We urgently need to reject the culture of war and domination that […]

From the free excerpt of the book available here : “This book intends to share in a simple, clear, and robust way the rationale, vision, and potential policies for making the fulfillment of all beings the main compass for politics, what I call the “politics of being.” I hope to bring to the policy level […]

It is time for each nation to reconnect to its own wisdom to redefine its own vision of the good life and chart its unique path toward fulfillment. American sociologist Ronald Inglehart has shown that “sociocultural change is path dependent and cultural heritages are remarkably enduring.”[1] As each nation follows its own development path and […]

Nations can find their way out of our social and environmental crises in their traditional wisdoms, which usually express their own version of the story of interbeing. Unlike the Western emphasis on individuality, they tend to emphasize our relational nature, as well as our belonging and responsibilities toward a community. In their RIO + 20 […]

Our nations lost their ways as economic development became an end in itself rather than a means to live well. Economic production measured in terms of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which since its invention in 1934 has been the main metric to assess the development of nations, is now widely recognized as a broken compass […]