Speeches
- Written by: Hon. Dr. Aslambek Akhmedovich Aslakhanov, Vice President, Council of the Federation on International Affairs, Russia
In the context of the multi-vector foreign policy of the Russian Federation, security in North-East Asia is of growing importance; it is conditioned by Russia’s belonging to this dynamically developing region of the world.
- Written by: Dr. Soo Min Kim, Professor of International Relations, Sun Moon University, Korea
Address to the International Leadership Conference in Seoul, Korea, January 2012
It is anticipated that Kim Jong-un will retain his father's policy line of oppression and control while pushing for a better economic conditions for his impoverished people.
- Written by: Dr. Alexandre Mansourov, U.S.-Korea Institute, Johns Hopkins University, United States
Address to the International Leadership Conference, Seoul, Korea, January 2012
Under Kim Jong-un’s leadership, the post-Kim Jong-il North Korea will become more dynamic, more pragmatic, and more nationalistic. Expect minor concessions in low-level issues and a continued hard-line stance in high-stakes issues.
- Written by: Amb. K.V. Rajan, President, Association of Indian Diplomats
Address at the Birthday Celebration of UPF Founders Rev. and Mrs. Sun Myung Moon
Father Moon, you have cared so much for us, given so much to us, sacrificed so much for us, and for so long. We want you to know that those sacrifices will not have been in vain.
- Written by: Ambrose Mong Ih-Ren, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Dupuis stresses the need for interreligious dialogue which is different from a falsely tolerant pluralism, and that God is the only One who is truly absolute, the divine self-revelation whose fullness of revelation will appear only at the end. Dupuis also stresses that we must have a deep respect for all “the treasures of human wisdom and religion” and a special interest in Indian religious and philosophical tradition.
- Written by: Michael W. Balcomb. Adjunct Faculty, Unification Theological Seminary, NY USA
As preparations are made for celebrating another UN Week of Interfaith Harmony, it is to be hoped that religious leaders will rise to the challenge of moving beyond friendly but symbolic gestures to an open examination of the deep-seated changes that must be made if religions are to embrace their joint responsibility as champions of peace.
- Written by: Mohammad Aman Uddin Muzahid. Assistant Professor, GED, Primeasia University, Banani, Dhaka, Bangladesh
The founding elements of the inner structure of Islamic social organization as prescribed by the Qur’an and Sunnah can be broadly categorized as freedom, equality, and solidarity of mankind. These elements in turn constitute the conceptual infrastructure for social justice in all spheres of human life.
- Written by: Professor Rafiqul Islam Molla, Multimedia University, Melaka, Malaysia & Md. Mahmudul Alam, National University of Malaysia
Under the Islamic-style entrepreneurship, output maximization, profit maximization, employee benefits, etc., are all subject to considerations of community wellbeing. Profits for the equity holders and benefits for employees are residual matters. Therefore, this may be a suitable and useful model for third-sector economics that promote development with social justice in developing countries.
- Written by: M. Darrol Bryant, Director, Centre for Dialogue and Spirituality in the World Religions, Renison University College, University of Waterloo, Canada
When I reflect upon the meaning of revelation within Christianity and my own life, I find that I can best understand it in terms of how it orients one towards the whole of reality. It is through the Christian traditions that the self-disclosing God has been mediated to me, and it is here that I have come to believe in God and that all flows from God and to God. This orienting dimension strikes me as primary. It is prior to any attempt to say what the content of that revelation is. It is a way into the deepest mysteries of things both human and divine. It is a way of situating the whole self towards both time and eternity. It is the ground-tone of a whole life. It is the source of meaning and direction that resonates with the deepest order of things. It is sweet consent to being itself.
- Written by: Dr. Kazi Nurul Islam, Chairman, Department of World Religions and Culture, Dhaka University, Bangladesh
The advocates of all the religions of the world emphasize the importance of certain virtues and moral values. Only these can foster unity and cohesion of mankind. But the moral and religious values cannot be invoked by force. This can be achieved through the exchange of words and dialogues.
- Written by: Henry Frendo, Director of the Institute of Maltese Studies
The world remains transfixed by the popular and courageous Arab uprisings upsetting decades-long dictatorships, which had rather portrayed themselves as invincible dynasties.
- Written by: Dr. Vladimir Petrovsky, Institute of Far Eastern Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences
This paper updates the Preliminary Report, submitted by the author earlier within the Project framework[1], and provides more information and argumentation related to the Project background and recent developments on the Russian sides, and also gives proposals on the Project sustainable development in the future.