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Of underdogs and frontrunners

5 May 2008 – 11:10

This post is not about anything specific, it is a reflection on something I was thinking about recently.
I have always been a person who is prone to rooting for the underdog. I do not exactly know why it is so, but something about being second has always appealed to me. I kind of resent [...]

By Kari | Also posted in thoughts | Comments (1)

Cosmopolitan Europe saves the world

15 January 2008 – 19:54

… and I am not referring to the magazine. This article by Ulrich Beck very clearly articulates what I have believed for a long time: that the time of the nation-state is over and that the EU is the model of a new type of governance which requires a change of paradigm.

By Kari | Also posted in european union | Comments (0)

Leadership sans authority

12 March 2007 – 0:53

On Friday I had a chance to listen to an open lecture by professor Adel Safty. First of all it was a very fortunate decision for me actually not to go home, but stick around at the university until the lecture, second of all I am very grateful to whoever organised this visit. These lectures [...]

By Kari | Also posted in politics, university | Comments (0)