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Why Democracy vs. Autocracy Misses the Point, with Jean-Marie Guéhenno

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CHAPTER

The Fog of Peace - Your Memoirs

In your previous book, the fog of peace, you provide a simple yet profound lesson on being a leader in the un. Let us read a short passage from your book which really speaks volumes about the intricacies of being a leader for a big, global organization. Before i became the head of peace keeping, i had a reputation as an intellectual, rather than as an operator. The most useless way to pretend to help is to offer detailed, specific solutions or recipes. It suggests that you cannot operate, but does not guarantee that you can really think.

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