Posts Tagged ‘usa’

Hegemony in an era of turmoil – Essay (July 1995)

Wednesday, November 17th, 2010

In 1994 and 1995 I attended two Summer Schools on International Political Economy, the second whose official title was “The Politics of Global Finance” (albeit we agreed on a slightly more “neutral” title for the diploma, “International Political Economy”).

In July 1995 I had to prepare a short essay- and my assigned title was: “Hegemony in an Era of Turmoil” (the focus was in global finance, not on military issues).

AGB2009: Bridges

Sunday, November 1st, 2009

This part of the AGB2009 series (see the presentation)
AGB2009: BRIDGES

BACKGROUND

I know what some of the locals would say.

But, on an overall “helicopter view”, it is irrelevant.

ABSTRACT

Mixing change in politics and business is always a risky affair- and I am not referring to the tulip craze.

Just read the enclosed bibliography.

I might be wrong- but changing a culture requires a long-term view, that sometimes requires more real-politik and less short-term results.

Political campaigning in the XXI century

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

Recently (October 27th 2008), an e-zine whose editor is a friend published an article on Senator Obama use of Web 2.0 campaign. (The article is here, but only in Italian).

Which lessons could be derived? Here is my commentary, with links to relevant material.

chickening out

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

thinks somebody are not what they seem to be… and sheer force is no substitute for common sense