Victor Angelo

The pandemic has reminded us that health, politics, ethics, social justice, and human rights are deeply interconnected. It has also sent us ...

The true leader brings people together. His/her main strength is the ability to create large coalitions by emphasising what is shared by ...

It is a serious mistake to follow double standards when you are leading a country. You cannot be exacting for some and permissive for oth...

Today I came back to a statement that I used to make when discussing with overly ambitious but unrealistic people. I would tell them that...

I have always admired those who are good at asking the pertinent questions. For me, that proves they are intelligent people. A well-formula...

One of the deepest-rooted attributes of an authoritarian politician is to react with great violence when criticised. They get wild if the...

I am impressed by the presentations made so far by the House Impeachment Managers. They are building a serious case against President Tru...

The political fights are about emotions and instincts. The ideas must have a strong and clear human dimension to get enough support.

Politics is obviously about controlling the power of governance. And such power must be played with the aim of managing conflicts, findin...

This blog will continue in 2020, I hope. The key inspiration will remain to combat delusion and irrationality in politics. This objective...

For many opportunistic politicians, the truth is a MIA – missing in action. Values have been kicked aside, in today’s partisan disputes. ...

President Emmanuel Macron is trying to reform the anachronic French pension system. It is a major task in a country that is used to keep ...

In politics, we tend to forget that to be principled is different from being dogmatic. A principled leader knows the goal posts, keep...

We should always remember the wise aphorism about politics. It goes like this: in politics everything could mean the opposite of what it ...

In our societies, a lot of emphasis is place on equality. Even without making the difference between equality of opportunities or equalit...

I spend a bit of time talking about leadership in the context of strategy formulation and implementation. The quality of the leader deter...

The glass might be empty, but it is not broken. 

There is no problem if one keeps repeating the same message because most people are not listening, even when they pretend to. The only ad...

Julian Assange has a long legal battle in front of him. The decision about his fate must be based on the law. But his case has so many po...

Brexit. Leave. Leave might be a question of opinion. Fine! But it has become obvious it is a sinister, and above all, stupid opinion.