CHUMIR FOUNDATION FOR ETHICS IN LEADERSHIP

GEOPOLITICAL DIALOGUE SHIFTING GEOPOLITICAL POWER AND INFLUENCE OVER THE LAST FEW DECADES HAVE PRODUCED A DOMINANTLY BIPOLAR STRUCTURE AROUND THE RELATIONSHIP OF U.S. AND CHINA. THEIR COMPETING PURSUITS, DIFFERING IDEOLOGIES, POLITICAL DISTRUST AND NATIONALISTIC ASSERTIVENESS, WITH MILITARISM IN THEIR TOOLKITS, POSE RISKS. NEW AND RISING TENSIONS THREATEN SECURITY, IMPORT COSTS, IMPEDE ECONOMIC EFFICIENCIES AND FOREGO GAINS. THROUGH PROGRAMS OF RESEARCH, DIALOGUE AND POLICY ANALYSIS, BOTH ITSELF AND IN COLLABORATION WITH CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE, THE FOUNDATION IS EXPLORING WAYS IN WHICH THE INTERCONNECTED 'REST OF THE WORLD' MIGHT RESIST ALIGNMENT THAT DEEPENS DISTRUST AND FUELS HOSTILITY. SHARED BASIC INTERESTS REQUIRE CULTIVATION AND COLLABORATION, PARTICULARLY AT THIS TIME AT WHICH A NEW DISTRIBUTION OF GEOPOLITICAL POWER AND TECHNOLOGICAL CAPACITIES HAVE SEIZED THE GLOBAL AGENDA, SEEMINGLY PLACING US AT SOMEWHAT OF A CROSSROADS. APPROXIMATELY 100 MEETINGS WERE HELD WITH APPROXIMATELY 300 GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, ACADEMICS AND POLICY MAKERS IN 7 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES THE UNITED STATES, RUSSIA, CHINA, ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, FRANCE AND BELGIUM.

ARTS IN SOCIETYARTS DO NOT SHAPE GEOPOLITICAL EVENTS BUT THEY HELP SHAPE MAN, WHO DOES SHAPE SUCH EVENTS. THE FOUNDATION REVERSES THE TRADITIONAL QUESTION OF HOW THE ARTIST AND HIS/HER ART REFLECT THE COMMUNITY AND EXPLORES HOW ART AND ARTIST, BY DESIGN OR ORGANIC PROCESS, AFFECT THE INDIVIDUALS, GROUPS, AND COMMUNITIES OF WHICH THEY ARE A PART. THE UNIVERSALITY OF ARTISTIC EXPRESSION CONFIRMS ITS SIGNIFICANT ROLE. THROUGH INSTRUCTION AND DISCUSSION, TALENTED YOUNG ARTISTS ARE EXPOSED TO ASPECTS BEYOND PROFICIENCY. AN ART COMPONENT ALONGSIDE OTHER PROGRAMMING SENSITIZES PARTICIPANTS TO SHARED HUMAN INTERESTS AND FACILITATES COMMUNICATION ACROSS OTHER DIVIDES. THE FOUNDATION ORGANIZES RESEARCH AND DIALOGUE TO CONSIDER ART IN ITS CONTEXT AND IN COMMUNITY AND IS PLANNING A GLOBAL CONFERENCE OF LEADING THINKERS IN THE FIELD FOR LATE 2022. APPROXIMATELY 30 MEETINGS WERE HELD INCLUDING 79 PARTICIPANTS IN THE US AND AUSTRIA DURING THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.