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New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is a fine example of a leader rising to the Covid-19 challenge with empathy, reason and solidarity. Hagen Hopkins / Getty  

When the pandemic recedes, the world may see the rise of new soft powers

May 5, 2020
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, June, 2019. AP 

Viral diplomacy: in the age of coronavirus, how statecraft and summitry will have to adapt

March 12, 2020
Helen Clark, UNDP administrator and former prime minister of New Zealand, at the New Zealand Embassy in Abu Dhabi. Chris Whiteoak / The National

Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark on how to achieve world peace: 'We need to renew that spirit of global cooperation'

January 25, 2020
The UK has slipped to second place in the Soft Power 30. Reuters

Soft power is about attraction rather than coercion

October 27, 2019
US President Donald Trump at last year's United Nations General Assembly. Jeenah Moon / Bloomberg

UNGA 2019 comes when co-operation and consensus are at their weakest points

September 22, 2019
Sir Kim Darroch, Britain's former ambassador to the US, resigned after his confidential cables were leaked last week. Victor Blue / Bloomberg

The Kim Darroch debacle shows that we need our diplomats to be honest more than ever before​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

July 13, 2019
Bridges, such as San Francisco's Golden Gate, are all about opportunity and innovation. Getty Images

Bridges will take us into the future, while walls will keep us trapped where we are

February 19, 2019
A man looks toward the Spanish port of Crinavi from the deck of the migrant-rescue ship Proactiva Open Arms. AP / Olmo Calvo

The optimist's guide to 2019

January 1, 2019
Graduates queue to have their photograph taken after a graduation ceremony at Oxford University in England. Paul Hackett/Reuters

The university of the future will be inclusive, innovative and creative

October 28, 2018
The UN is not perfect but it might be the only tool we have for global co-existence. Julie Jacobson / AP

Beyond the protocol and the preening, the tedium and tantrums, what happens in the UN matters to all of us

September 23, 2018
US President Donald Trump waves as he disembarks Air Force One after arriving in Singapore June 10, 2018. Jonathan Ernst / Reuters

Why Trump should have studied Churchill before Kim summit

June 10, 2018
Fake news is intended to make individuals question everything that is put before them. Sean Gallup / Getty

In a digital age, can mainstream media match Silicon Valley's lure?

May 7, 2018
Casper Klynge, Denmark's tech ambassador, at The National's offices in Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa / The National National

How Casper Klynge is reinventing diplomacy as the world's first tech ambassador

May 3, 2018
Avicii sent out his last tweet two days before his death last Friday / Sean Eriksson

Rest in tweet: the digital epitaphs that will live on after we're gone

April 22, 2018
Russian President Vladimir Putin is one of the foremost practitioners of old power, while other nations are handing more power to the people. Itar Tass / Reuters

There are fewer wars when you take power away from men in big castles

April 9, 2018