SYDNEY, Dec 24 (IPS) – What a challenging year 2020 has been! A year of living dangerously – “Tahun vivere pericoloso”- perhaps these words of late President Soekarno of Indonesia are the best description.
Fortunately, I managed to remain sane, reading and writing op-eds (mostly about the pandemic, here, here).
Read the full story, “Reflecting Back and Imagining Forward”, on globalissues.org →

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