Chumir Foundation For Ethics In Leadership

GEOPOLITICAL DIALOGUE - SHIFTING GEOPOLITICAL POWER AND INFLUENCE OVER THE LAST FEW DECADES HAVE PRODUCED A DOMINANTLY BIPOLAR STRUCTURE AROUND THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE U.S. AND CHINA. THEIR COMPETING PURSUITS, DIFFERING IDEOLOGIES, POLITICAL DISTRUST AND NATIONALISTIC ASSERTIVENESS, WITH MILITARISM IN THEIR TOOLKITS, POSE RISKS. NEW AND RISING TENSIONS, AND NOW AN OUTBREAK OF CONFLICTS INCLUDING NUCLEAR POWERS, THREATEN SECURITY, IMPOSE COSTS, IMPEDE ECONOMIC EFFICIENCIES AND FOREGO GAINS. THROUGH PROGRAMS OF RESEARCH, POLICY ANALYSIS, AND DIALOGUE, BOTH ITSELF AND IN COLLABORATION WITH OTHER ENTITIES, CHUMIR IS EXPLORING WAYS IN WHICH THE INCREASINGLY INTERCONNECTED WORLD MIGHT RESIST ALIGNMENT THAT DEEPENS DISTRUST AND FUELS HOSTILITY. SHARED BASIC INTERESTS REQUIRE CULTIVATION AND COLLABORATION. VARIOUS MEETINGS HAVE BEEN HELD WITH GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, ACADEMICS, EXPERIENCED THOUGHT LEADERS WITH GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES AND POLICY MAKERS IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES.

ARTS IN SOCIETY - THE FOUNDATION REVERSES THE TRADITIONAL QUESTION OF HOW THE ARTIST AND HIS/HER ART REFLECT THE COMMUNITY AND EXPLORES HOW ART AND ARTIST, BY DESIGN OR ORGANIC PROCESS, AFFECT THE INDIVIDUALS, GROUPS AND COMMUNITIES OF WHICH THEY ARE A PART. THE UNIVERSALITY OF ARTISTIC EXPRESSION CONFIRMS ITS SIGNIFICANT ROLE. THROUGH INSTRUCTION AND DISCUSSION, TALENTED YOUNG ARTISTS ARE EXPOSED TO ASPECTS OF THEIR CHOSEN ART FORM BEYOND PERFORMANCE PROFICIENCY. THE FOUNDATION ORGANIZES RESEARCH AND DIALOGUE TO CONSIDER ART IN ITS CONTEXT AND IN COMMUNITY AND IS EXPLORING A GLOBAL CONFERENCE OF LEADING THINKERS IN THE FIELD FOR 2023.

OTHER PROGRAMS - INCLUDE ORGANIZING AND WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THOUGHT-LEADING INSTITUTIONS AND INDIVIDUALS FOR THE PURPOSE OF GENERATING IDEAS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE ETHICAL, ECONOMIC, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL ASPECTS OF DIMINISHED IMPROVEMENT IN NATIONAL ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE AND INCREASED DISPARITY OF INCOME, DESPITE DEPLOYMENT OF PRODUCTIVE NEW TECHNOLOGIES; AND, HISTORICALLY HIGH AND GROWING NUMBERS AND INCREASINGLY PROTRACTED DURATION OF FORCIBLY DISPLACED PEOPLE IN NEED OF DEVELOPMENTAL SOLUTIONS.