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September 27, 2012

United Nations: A Seminar on Failed Leadership

David Rothkopf, Foreign Policy

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Few terms are as abused, misused and overused as "world leader." While headlines daily suggest that the planet is operating without adult supervision, the folly of classifying most of our heads of state and government as "leaders" is never clearer than at the opening of the annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly.

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