U.S. billionaires like Elon Musk have developed global business models that go far beyond the usual "businessman's business" in that, first, they affect all of humanity, and second, they have strong geopolitical implications.
By Irene Ho, Head of Asia Diplomatic Council
As part of ACCA’s commitment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 13 - Climate Action), ACCA Singapore has partnered with National Parks Board’s (NParks) OneMillionTrees Movement and the Garden City Fund, to allow our member and business community to play a bigger, more important role in conserving and enhancing the splendid greenery that surrounds us.
By Jamal A. Qaiser and Dr. Horst Walther
On 24 February 2022, the war in Europe began. This is often asserted because on that day the Russian army crossed the border into neighbouring Ukraine.
By Diplomatic Council members Andreas Dripke, Hang Nguyen, Jamal A. Qaiser and Dr. Horst Walther, ISBN 978-3-98674-030-6 (Print) and 978-3-98674-031-3 (eBook)
Europe has become the battlefield of a merciless proxy war between the superpowers. The war erupted in 2022, but it has been in the offing for more than two decades.
The Diplomatic Council, a global think tank, business network and charitable foundation in consultative status with the United Nations, has founded a new Mission in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Diplomatic Council members include Prime Ministers, Ambassadors, Presidents, CEO’s of international corporations and global key influencers. The organizationlinks diplomacy, business leaders, science’s leading minds and society’s front-runners on resolving mankind’s biggest challenges. The global network is organized across all major industries.
On 25th June 2022, the Diplomatic Council and Kosovo Embassy in Bangkok jointly conducted a Roudtable with H.E. Dr Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu, the president of the Republic of Kosovo on her first official visit to Thailand.
The event was attended by the Chairman of Thai Chamber of Commerce, K. Sanan Angubolkul and his board members, represetatives from the private sector as well as public sectors attendees that included Dr. Pun-Arj Chairatana, executive director of NIA, Dr. Kasititorn Pooparadai, Sr. Exe VP of DEPA, the Ministry of foreign affairs & others.
The Diplomatic Council, a global think tank, business network and charitable foundation in consultative status with the United Nations, has started a new Mission in Brazil. Members include Prime Ministers, Ambassadors, Presidents, CEO’s of international corporations and global key influencers. We link diplomacy, business leaders, science’s leading minds and society’s front-runners on resolving mankind’s biggest challenges. Our global network covers all major industries.
A large-scale war was looming, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko warned towards the end of 2018. A few weeks earlier – on 26 November 2018 – he had imposed martial law on Ukraine in response to a massive concentration of Russian troops along the border between the two countries. While the EU made initial statements about possible new sanctions against Russia, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko explicitly warned the West against this approach. At the beginning of 2022, the situation was not much different, certainly not more peaceful.
By DC Ambassador Jamal Qaiser
In all three countries – Afghanistan, Syria and Ukraine – doom has set in due to the clash of geopolitical power blocs. And in all three countries, proxy wars have led the population to disaster. Therefore, in a book about the failure of the West in Afghanistan, Syria and Ukraine, the decades-long failure of the international community of states far beyond these three countries in all attempts to bring peace to the world deserves mention at the very beginning.
Peoples' right to peace
By DC Ambassador Jamal Qaiser and Sadaf Taimur
