80 years ago nations shared a vision
La vision des Nations Unies est remise en question comme jamais auparavant depuis sa fondation il y a 80 ans. On assiste à un retour aux luttes de pouvoir d’une époque révolue, au XIXe et au début…
VIOLENCE BEGETS VIOLENCE-The tragedy of the war in Gaza – and beyond
VIOLENCE BEGETS VIOLENCE The tragedy of the war in Gaza – and beyond In Davos 20 years ago I met Shimon Peres, at that time Leader of the Opposition in Israel. The World Economic Forum (WEF)…
CoNGO at 75
A pathfinder for civil society’s role in a turbulent world How the world has changed in 75 years! So has the nature and role of civil society. When governments founded the United Nations in 1945, they adopted…
WAR AND PEACE
At the year-end ceremony of my final year of school, I was awarded the General Prize. It was Tolstoy’s War and Peace. Working over the summer vacation as a roustabout on a sheep stud farm in…
Why so many people feel “There is nothing for you here.”
Why so many people feel “There is nothing for you here.” Fiona Hill served as an advisor to three US Presidents. She wrote “There is Nothing for You Here: Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-first Century” after leaving…
Education International on the Frontline
Last week I was privileged to participate in a global online discussion to mark the 30th anniversary of the founding of Education International. EI has almost tripled its membership – to 32 million teachers and other education…
Rebellions, Revolutions
Readers of Dancing Before Storms: the story of five revolutions often ask: ‘where do you think the next revolution will start?’. A few weeks ago, I thought ‘probably Russia’. Wagner’s thuggish frontman said so publicly. Then came…
Yes, we are Dancing before storms…again
Article disponible également en français ci-dessous. Robert T Harris, writing from France Demonstrations are intensifying across France as I write – and they are becoming violent. The issue may seem quite minor in many other countries –…
Robert Harris on youth and the future
Robert Harris is a passionate and active advocate for eduction worldwide, having founded Education International in 1993. His recently published Dancing Before Storms: Five revolutions that shaped today’s world is now being considered for addition to the International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum….
Revolutions, war and political change – yesterday and today
On the day my book was printed, 9 May, I checked reports of the annual military parade in Moscow’s Red Square[1], after widespread media speculation about the next phase of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But there were…