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In these exclusive interviews, we speak to Moisés Naím (Distinguished Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, former Minister of Trade and Industry for Venezuela and Executive Director of the World…
L.A. Kauffman has spent more than thirty years immersed in radical movements, as a journalist, historian, organizer, and strategist. I caught up with L.A. to learn more about how organised movements can…
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Size continues to be important, but is no longer the main factor shielding the powerful from the challenges of newcomers and new arrivals.
— Moisés NaímVenezuelan editor, author, and international affairs analyst and commentator
We have relatively small groups like Al Qaeda, The Taliban and the Islamic State who are capable of challenging the mightiest and most advanced militaries of the world.
— Moisés NaímVenezuelan editor, author, and international affairs analyst and commentator
Power is decaying because it has become easier to acquire, much harder to use, and thus easier to lose.
— Moisés NaímVenezuelan editor, author, and international affairs analyst and commentator
Power is the capacity to get others to do or stop doing something now, or in the future. Power is also a source of order, and a source of comfort for some people. Remember that the extreme situation where nobody has power, is anarchy… and anarchy leads to inferior social outcomes [versus] societies where structures and entities that impose power, limits and rules to create stability and prosperity.
— Moisés NaimVenezuelan author and scholar on power shifts and global geopolitics
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