The Rising Tide Foundation is proud to announce a new collaborative initiative with the American University in Moscow where we will host a new international dialogue speakers series featuring well-known foreign policy experts who will provide insights into the causes and solutions to the global threats plaguing today’s crisis-ridden planet. At a time when the…
Category: Diplomacy
High Speed Railways and Hieroglyphics (yes they are connected)
Supplementary material: African Agenda – A new perspective on Africa
From Balkh to Konya: Discovering Rumi’s spiritual geopolitics
By Pepe Escobar Originally published on The Cradle KONYA – Mystic poet, Sufi, theosophist, and thinker, Jalal al-Din Rumi remains one of the most beloved historical personalities in history, east and west. A wanderer in search of the light, he famously characterized himself thus: “I am nothing more than a humble lover of God.” The era…
JFK Delivers a Vital Message
By Nancy Spannaus “Nuclear powers must avert those confrontations which bring an adversary to a choice of either a humiliating retreat or a nuclear war.” By Nancy Spannaus [1] June 4, 2023—When President John F. Kennedy took the podium at the commencement address of American University on June 10, 1963, he was about to deliver…
Diplomacy, not more arms is needed to avoid WWIII with Russia
[The following article was co-written by Matthew Ehret and Dr. Edward Lozansky and published on April 26th, 2022 in the print and digital edition of the Washington Times in order to call attention to the anniversary of Elbe Day and the forgotten spirit of US-Russian friendship that ended the threat of a fascist New World Order in…
Mei Lanfang’s Tour of America: A Great Moment in China-US Relations
By Philip Valenti “He is appreciated, not because he is ‘really like an American,’ but because he is truly Chinese. He has even caused us to question our own dramatic forms and our manners. And he has led many of us to respect the Chinese and their civilization in a way no amount of…
Beyond the Lines : ‘Mending Wall’ – Robert Frost and the Good Neighbor Poetry
by Gerald Therrien [The following is a transcript of the above lecture as part of the RTF symposium “The Role of Art in Shaping a Sovereign Citizenry“.] Mending Wall is a nice poem that also tells a fun little story, about someone, about his neighbor and about a wall. Frost takes this old saying, that…
The Immortal Spirit of Coretta Scott King
By Matthew Ehret While many people are quick to acknowledge the vital role in world history played by the great Reverend Martin Luther King Jr., a too often overlooked figure is his fellow activist, partner and wife Coretta Scott King. Once King had fallen in the struggle against tyranny on April 4, 1968, Coretta was…
Martin Luther King Jr: The Arc of the Moral Universe is Long, but it Bends Towards Justice
The world marches forward into the new year with a mix of hope and trepidation. The words of Martin Luther King who warned that either we commit to “nonviolent coexistence or violent coannihilation” ring as true today as they did when they were spoken in 1968. In that speech, King stated prophetically that “this may well be mankind’s…
Xi Jinping’s Visit to Saudi Arabia and the overthrow of Atlanticism
By Matthew Ehret As Atlanticists continue their commitment to a future shaped by energy scarcity, food scarcity, and war with their nuclear-capable neighbors, most states in the Persian Gulf that have long been trusted allies of the west have quickly come to realize that their interests are best assured by cooperating with Eurasian states like…