The purpose of this paper is to explain how the current “crisis” in the UK pension system arose. I argue that it is a result of a combination of changes in government policy and basic instabilities always inherent in the financial system. Policy changes increased the vulnerability of the...

All religious activists appear to look alike, and indeed are treated by the news media as one in the same. However, many variations exist. On one level, different activists choose different tactics. Terrorism is only the most extreme (and the rarest) form of public action. Other activists...

The Bandung Conference played a constructive role in mobilizing a movement against the bipolar hegemony of the post World War II period. This period, from Yalta (1945) to Malta (1989), can be characterized as an international neo-colonial regime in a post-colonial world. Despite political,...

Economists are a peculiar bunch. They have a high regard for themselves, and the mathematicians among them are the haughtiest of all. They snicker at theories of international relations and grand strategies, unless the strategy is a derivative of game theory. No wonder they are often brushed...

I always start talks about my book, The Lexus and the Olive Tree ( 1999 ) by focusing on my job as the Foreign Affairs columnist for The New York Times because I have the best job in the world. I get to be a tourist with an attitude. I get to go wherever I want, whenever I want, and write about...

In this chapter we question whether current conceptualizations of global leadership competencies adequately address the dynamic and complex nature of the multinational team (MNT) context. We report findings from a study that incorporated the perspectives of MNT leaders as well as members on MNT...

The seven papers in Part II all focus on the practice of global leadership. Compared to those in Part I, these chapters focus more on practical solutions to the problems that leaders face than the analysis of fundamental processes, although this distinction is one of the degree. All the authors...