David Larsen’s Post

Respect places of worship! Religions are there to unite us and have the target to bring people together in oneness..... It are the human interpretations which make a mess out of this. We need nonviolent interaction as equals. This will lead to mutual understanding and empathy, it will exchange fear and hatred for trust and solidarity, and let humanity grow together in relation to God. www.samadeus.org & www.pax.ngo

Here's the full YouTube version of Sunday's 60 MINUTES segment on the #SouthChinaSea, in which I appeared and said the following: 👉 "🇨🇳#China has decided that at this point in their history, they are large enough so that they can buck the law ... There's a law and there's a judge, but there's no enforcer. There's no prosecutor. There's nobody to put them in jail." 👉 "You were just involved in a situation where you were hit by a larger ship. Imagine if that ship had sunk your ship and several people had died. What would the 🇵🇭#Philippines then feel compelled to do? They probably wouldn't go instantly to war. But they might instantly get onto a war footing. They might go to the 🇺🇸#UnitedStates and say, 'This looks a lot like an armed attack to us. We were hit by a ship and people died.'" 👉 "Look, every treaty in the end depends on the political will of the parties. What I will say is if the United States fails or appears to fail to meet its treaty obligations; the entire U.S. alliance and treaty structure is built on credibility ... If it means nothing to the Philippines, what does it mean to 🇯🇵#Japan? What does it mean to 🇦🇺#Australia? What does it mean to #NATO?"

 As of 2024, there are 43 sovereign states in the world with a monarch as head of state. There are 13 in Asia, 12 in Europe, 9 in the Americas, 6 in Oceania, and 3 in Africa. 

I had an opportunity to join the #BBC news on Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to China and explained the likely outcome of the visit. Secretary of State Blinken carried with him four policy tools - trade sanctions, financial sanctions, tariffs, and military deterrence. These tools are counterintuitive to diplomacy. Improving peace conditions in every contentious region in the world is highly dependent upon effective diplomacy. However, a big dilemma we face today is that the tools deployed for diplomacy are not conducive to diplomacy. https://lnkd.in/ePviCYaj #China #Blinken #Chinageopolitics #BBC #Shirleyzeyu

My article on #nauru 's diplomatic switch from #taiwan to #china published in Modern Diplomacy today Thanks Dimitris Giannakopoulos for publishing it! #pacificislands

PANELISTS; Ambassador Monica Juma, EGH National Security Advisor, Republic of Kenya Professor Karuti Kanyinga, Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi CONTEXT AND SIGNIFICANCE: In a time of increasing geopolitical tensions and conflicts, such as those in Sudan and Gaza, Kenya and Norway continue to work collaboratively on the global stage to promote peace and security. Both nations act as bridge builders between geopolitical divides, striving to maintain a balanced multilateral order. Norway’s recent recognition of the state of Palestine, alongside Spain and Ireland, highlights its active role in Middle Eastern politics. Concurrently, Kenya leads in peace and security efforts within the Horn of Africa and globally, including a planned police contingent deployment to Haiti. The partnership between Kenya and Norway extends to the climate agenda and the blue economy, both bilaterally and multilaterally. Norwegian companies are increasingly investing in Kenya, particularly in agriculture, agri-technology, ICT, startups, and renewable energy sectors, with Norwegian state entities investing approximately USD 500 million in Kenyan companies.

🇺🇸🇯🇵🇦🇺🇮🇳 Quad nations to oppose South China Sea militarization in Tokyo talks The foreign ministers of Japan, the United States, Australia and India are expected to express opposition to the militarization of the South China Sea when they meet in Tokyo later this month. The ministers from the four-way grouping, known as the Quad, are also expected to agree to establish a dialogue framework involving law experts as part of efforts to maintain and reinforce the maritime rules-based order. Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar are expected to attend the gathering scheduled for July 29. #USA #Japan #Australia #India

Are Kosovo-Serbia starting a detente? Is Belgrade inching towards the West? Tomorrow in Rome an informal and sharp discussion with Strategic Balkans at the Foreign Affairs Club on the opportunities for a decisive integration push of the Balkans till the Black Sea.

How do we increase American diplomatic power? Check out the new report by Deputy Secretary of State Richard Verma Strategy without execution is hallucination. That’s why the work that Ambassador Verma is doing to modernize the State Department is so important. Simply put: we won’t make the world a better, more peaceful place unless the State Department has the people, resources, and capabilities to execute our foreign policy priorities. You can see the full report here:https://lnkd.in/ey6fp5DF