How do we make sense of today's political divisions? In a wide-ranging conversation full of insight, historian Yuval Harari places our current turmoil in a broader context, against the ongoing disruption of our technology, climate, media...

MOT 1936: CHINA: Chinese Nationalist Party flag (sun) waving on pole. Sun Yat-sen photograph. Chinese military & political leader Chiang Kai-shek (1887-1975, Generalissimo) in profile, standing w/ large unidentified man, turning back. ...

South Africa transitioned to democracy in the 1990s with a visionary constitution, but the promises of that constitution are largely unfulfilled to this day. Public leader Lindiwe Mazibuko explores how poor leadership failed to deliver a...

As the cofounder of Advance Native Political Leadership, Anathea Chino creates space for Native American leaders to thrive in an often unwelcoming political system. Alongside comedian and filmmaker Negin Farsad, she discusses the power...

This week Craig Benzine explores the leadership structure of congress. We’ll break out the clone machine to examine the responsibilities of the speaker of the house, the majority and minority leaders as well as the majority and minority...

President and founder of Eurasia Group and GZERO Media Ian Bremmer discusses the potential for emerging leaders in American politics who can build bridges, citing a few modern figures as examples. While he acknowledges a new generation...

How much should business leaders speak out about threats to democracy? It's a question many corporations are wrestling with these days. Business and democracy leader Daniella Ballou-Aares shows why companies have both the ability and the...

What will the world look like in 2030? International business consultant Nikolaus S. Lang predicts the evolution of a multipolar world, with multiple emerging coalitions of countries acting in new ways to achieve their economic,...

The world is full of leadership programs, but the best way to learn how to lead might be right under your nose. In this clear, candid talk, Roselinde Torres describes 25 years observing truly great leaders at work, and shares the three...

Tufts University philosopher Brian Epstein describes how key aspects of his philosophical views of the social world can be directly applied to politics, explaining that to understand politics, it is vital to consider what led people to...

Known worldwide for her courage and clarity, Christiane Amanpour has spent the past three decades interviewing business, cultural and political leaders who have shaped history. In conversation with TED Curator Chris Anderson, Amanpour...

The FT's editor Lionel Barber and Janan Ganesh, our chief political commentator, discuss the recent political party candidates and examine whether being authentic is sufficient to be an effective leader.

Today it was announced that Labour’s new leader will be Sir Kier Starmer. So as of now Starmer has officially taken over from Corbyn as the leader of the Her Majesty's Official Opposition. In today’s video we discuss what this means for...

With Corbyn set to stand down as Leader of the Opposition in the coming months, we've begun to see the race to replace him unfold. In this video, we take a look at the process Labour use to select their leaders, and will explain how the...

A recent study analyzed 130,000 religious leaders in the United States, mostly from Christian and Jewish denominations. The researchers compared their voting registration with their denominations, trying to find trends in each...

The economy has taken a big hit, technology is transforming business and society, generational divides are clearer and the political backdrop is volatile. CEOs are scrambling to keep up. General Stanley McChrystal looks at the skills...

On Monday we sat down with Green Party co-leader Jonathan Bartley to discuss the Green's agenda going into the election. In this abbreviated version, we discuss their manifesto, the purpose of the Greens, how Labour compare to them,...

A young director of Tory think tank, Blue Beyond, explained why she backed Kemi Badenoch for leader.Source: The Independent

Which Tory leader came out on top at the Conservative Party Conference?Source: The Independent

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Thomas Ferguson, Professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, speaking at INET's Bretton Woods Conference on April 10, 2011.<br/>

Describes how the broken political system allows opportunities for other institutions to make change and step in to that leadership role

The U.S. Civil War pitted friend against friend, neighbor against neighbor, in a bitter fight for the future of the nation. It also drove the country’s leaders apart. Their struggles are embodied by six men whose fates reflected the...

The Dalai Lama, the spiritual and [formerly] political leader of the Tibetan people. But what even is the Dalai Lama? And if he gets his way, will he be the last one?