Palace of CrystalCurrent affairs and peace politics: the dangers of charismatic leaders to democracy and the peace of the world, and how peace might be achieved for the longer term. |
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... strong hold everywhere. The choice of a strong, charismatic leader is considered to be of the utmost importance (think, for instance, of a modern United States' presidential election campaign, or of the intense media interest generated ...
... strong hold everywhere. The choice of a strong, charismatic leader is considered to be of the utmost importance (think, for instance, of a modern United States' presidential election campaign, or of the intense media interest generated ...
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... strong', and so less likely to value consultation with their parliamentary colleagues. Why is this? Charisma is undeniably attractive. We have all known individuals whom we admire instinctively. We may respect them not because of their ...
... strong', and so less likely to value consultation with their parliamentary colleagues. Why is this? Charisma is undeniably attractive. We have all known individuals whom we admire instinctively. We may respect them not because of their ...
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... strong leadership had great survival value. Many gregarious animals, including in particular our nearest relatives, the primates, have developed a strictly hierarchical social structure headed by the most powerful individual. But times ...
... strong leadership had great survival value. Many gregarious animals, including in particular our nearest relatives, the primates, have developed a strictly hierarchical social structure headed by the most powerful individual. But times ...
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... strong nation ought not to use its strength in that way usually forms no part of the assessment of Napoleon's career, though H. G. Wells in his Outline of History summed up the great conqueror as 'an adventurer and a wrecker' 2–an ...
... strong nation ought not to use its strength in that way usually forms no part of the assessment of Napoleon's career, though H. G. Wells in his Outline of History summed up the great conqueror as 'an adventurer and a wrecker' 2–an ...
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... strong earthquake beneath the Indian Ocean 150 miles off the west coast of Indonesia generated a giant tsunami. Death and destruction on a scale unprecedented for a natural disaster followed as the giant wave engulfed coastal resorts in ...
... strong earthquake beneath the Indian Ocean 150 miles off the west coast of Indonesia generated a giant tsunami. Death and destruction on a scale unprecedented for a natural disaster followed as the giant wave engulfed coastal resorts in ...
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