Yasser ياسر

Master degree in International Relations from SQU/ ماجستير في العلاقات الدولية من جامعة السلطان قابوس/fields of interest; Omani Diaspora & others

[Nayef Al-Rodhan @SustainHistory]

My latest Article for The #AmericanPhilosophicalAssociation, On:

What Makes #LEADERSHIP Effective?
Balancing the #EnduringTension between #DignityNeeds and #HumanNature Attributes.

1/6 What MAKES LEADERSHIP EFFECTIVE?

Despite decades of leadership theories, there is still no simple answer.
#Leadership is contextual, historically contingent and shaped by human behaviour, institutions, #ethics, #technology and #power.
The real question is not simply how leaders acquire or exercise authority, but how leadership creates the conditions in which people, institutions and societies can flourish.

In my new article for the American Philosophical Association,
I argue that #EffectiveLeadership must reconcile-#TwoEnduringRealities:
- the often contradictory impulses of human nature
&
- the #UniversalHumanDignityNeeds that underpin individual and collective #trust, #legitimacy and #flourishing.

https://t.co/y0FplUlTi3

[Nayef Al-Rodhan @SustainHistory]

My Latest Counter-Intuitive Framework in @E_IR on:

[Why HUMAN PROGRESS Needs "#ManageableDISORDER":
Harnessing #CHAOS, #COMPETITION, and #UNCERTAINTY for #CollectiveCivilizational-Advancement.]

1/ What if the greatest obstacle to human progress isn't #disorder, but our misunderstanding of it?

Why do human beings learn most rapidly when confronted by uncertainty?

Why have many of history's greatest scientific, technological, and civilisational breakthroughs emerged from #disruption rather than #stability?

My latest article, argues that chaos, competition, and uncertainty are not anomalies to be eliminated. They are enduring features of #biology, #neuroscience, #HumanNature, #InternationalPolitics and #HumanCivilization.

"Manageable-#SubCriticalDisorder" as a #Stress-#Inoculation for #Nations, is necessary for civilizational progress, challenging the traditional pursuit of #AbsoluteRigidOrder.

The challenge is not to create a world without disorder Nor one with #ConflictualDisorder. It is to build individuals, societies, and institutions capable of transforming disorder into adaptation, resilience, and sustainable human progress.

The #Turbulence of the present, from #GeopoliticalFragmentation and #TechnologicalDisruption to #EconomicVolatility and #EcologicalStress,
is therefore less an historical anomaly than the latest expression of #HumanityEnduringStruggle to navigate a world of #PerpetualChange.

This has profound implications for #GlobalPolitics, suggesting that #InternationalStability depends less on #EliminatingUncertainty and #Rivalry,
THAN on developing institutions capable of managing them constructively.

https://t.co/ss3knugn7U

[Naif Adnan Al Bidh | نايف عدنان البيض @Naifalbidh]

Oman is the only Gulf state to have had world-historical significance prior to the emergence of oil. The Omani empire had once stretched across most of the East African coast, where it had given birth to a hybrid-culture that continues to shape sociopolitical reality there today.

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

"I am one of the survivors of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. At the time, I was 13 years old, at home, around 3 kilometers east of ground zero.

It was August 9, 1945. I suddenly heard the buzzing sound of a bomber jet, and was soon after engulfed in a bright, white light. Surprised, I ran downstairs and got down on the floor, covering my eyes and ears with my hands. The next moment, an intense shock wave passed through our entire house. I have no memory of that moment, but when I came to my senses, I found myself under a large, glass sliding door. It was a miracle that none of the glass was broken, and I was somehow spared injuries.

Three days later, I sought out the families of my two aunts who lived in the area near the hypocenter. It was then that I saw the full devastation of the bombing of Nagasaki. Walking with my mother, we went around a small mountain. Reaching a pass, we looked down in horror. Blackened ruins spread out as far as the port of Nagasaki, some three kilometers away. Urakami Cathedral, the largest brick church in the East, had collapsed to the ground, leaving no trace.

All the houses along the path, down to the foot of the mountain, were burnt to the ground and corpses lay scattered around them. Many people who were badly injured or burned, but still alive, were left unattended, with no help whatsoever. I became almost devoid of emotion, somehow closing off my sense of humanity, and simply headed intently for my destination.

I found the charred body of one aunt at the remains of her house, 400 meters from the hypocenter, along with the body of her grandson, a university student.

The other aunt’s house had collapsed and become a pile of wood. My grandfather was crouched down, on the brink of death, with severe burns all over his body. My aunt had been severely burned, and died just before we arrived. We then cremated her remains with our own hands. My uncle, who was initially mostly unharmed, had left the area to seek help. Yet we later learned that he had collapsed at a rescue station, and died after suffering from a high fever for a week. Thus, one single atomic bomb transformed five of my relatives, so mercilessly, taking all of their lives in one fell swoop.

The deaths I witnessed at that time could hardly be described as human deaths. There were hundreds of people suffering in agony, unable to receive any kind of medical attention. I strongly felt that even in war, such killing and maiming must never be allowed to happen."

80 years ago a nuclear bomb was dropped on Terumi Tanaka's city of Nagasaki, Japan, killing an estimated 70,000 people. Today Terumi is 93 years old but nuclear weapons still threaten our world. Terumi tells his story to remind us of the inhumane suffering survivors were forced to endure and to secure the abolition of nuclear weapons, which must not be allowed to coexist with humanity.

Watch Terumi Tanaka's full testimony at https://t.co/kmKf2dXVQv

[Yasser ياسر @yasserAirDef]

https://t.co/lxwZmyf6z9

[Alex Vacca @itsalexvacca]

Humanity's progress is accelerating insanely fast:

Stone Age→Farming: 100,000 yrs
Farming→Steam: 12,000 yrs
Steam→AI: 200 yrs

2000-2014: 100 years of progress in 14.
Moore's Law predicted 32x. AI chips did 1000x.

Law of Accelerating Returns is getting weird with AI🧵👇🏻

[Badr Albusaidi - بدر البوسعيدي @badralbusaidi]

I am proud to announce that today in Muscat we hosted Iranian Foreign Minister Dr. Seyed Abbas Araghchi and US Presidential Envoy Steve Witkoff and mediated to begin a process of dialogue and negotiations with the shared aim of concluding a fair and binding agreement. I would like to thank my two colleagues for this engagement which took place in a friendly atmosphere conducive to bridging viewpoints and ultimately achieving regional and global peace, security and stability. We will continue to work together and put further efforts to assist in arriving at this goal.

[Heiko Borchert @HeikoBorchert]

📣 OUT NOW: The Very Long Game📚
Happy, proud and exhausted: As of today "The Very Long Game: 25 Case Studies on the Global State of #DefenseAI" co-edited with @_schuetzt & @Warkhorse is online & #openaccess. More to follow but for today, please use https://t.co/Yob6WVzeDI

[The Cradle @TheCradleMedia]

The Israeli military released the bodies of around 80 Palestinians whose identities are unknown. The bodies were buried in a mass grave in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.

[Yasser ياسر @yasserAirDef]

Three Worlds: the West, East and South and the competition to shape global order https://t.co/6WMq7kmvPv

[Sana’a Center @SanaaCenter]

NPR's @planetmoney podcast recently investigated the history of military defense of civilian cargo ships. Listen till the end to hear @SanaaCenter's Co-Executive Director @YEryani discuss implications for Yemen.
https://t.co/GnlKWP7nwJ

[Yasser ياسر @yasserAirDef]

@bawabaanews Fox News Biden Saudi

[Yasser ياسر @yasserAirDef]

https://t.co/uCN54nWedJ

[abdullah baabood عبدالله باعبود @abaabood]

@OMNNews @zadg4 هناك أيضًا جاليات عمانية منتشرة في شرق افريقيا ووسطها وبعضها يمتد إلى الشرق مثل ايران وباكستان وبلوشستان والهند ودول شرق ��سيا ولهذه الجاليات العمانية حضور ومصالح و علاقات في الدول والمجتمعات المتواجدة فيها. لا بد من وضع استراتيجية للتعامل مع هذه الجاليات لتعظم الاستفادة للجميع.

[abdullah baabood عبدالله باعبود @abaabood]

كما يجب تعظيم الإستفادة من الموقع الجغرافي وتفعيل الروابط التاريخية والإنسانية والثقافية والاقتصادية مع الدول والتجمعات المطلة على المحيط الهندي وا��سعي للتعاون مع والحصول على صفة مراقب في رابطة دول جنوب شرق آسيا (آسيان)ومنظمة إيقاد و مجموعة شرق أفريقيا ومنظمة شنغهاي للتعاون الخ.

[abdullah baabood عبدالله باعبود @abaabood]

يجب أن يكون هذا جزء من إستراتيجية تنويع الخيارات والتوجه نحو المحيط الهندي جنوبا وغربًا نحو أفريقيا وشرقًا نحوها ايران وباكستان والهند و شرق اسيا وتعظيم الاستفادة من مشروع طريق الحرير البحري. ٤٠ عام من الإعتماد على مزاج وأهواء وتقلبات إخواننا في مجلس التعاون الخليجي أثبت فشلها!

[Yasser ياسر @yasserAirDef]

The World in 2022: Back to the Future? - ISPI | ESSAY https://t.co/Dy5cyTExR8

[Yasser ياسر @yasserAirDef]

Morning in the Middle East? by Fawaz A. Gerges @ProSyn https://t.co/AVqZIY2K8W

[Ignazio Cassis @ignaziocassis]

Friendship doesn‘t know borders 🌍 5 years ago, the Oman Switzerland Friendship Association was founded. Today, we have stronger bonds between Swiss 🇨🇭 & Omani 🇴🇲 entrepreneurs. Let us work together on future opportunities.

[Velina Tchakarova @vtchakarova]

If you want to understand #China’s #realpolitik, go to #India. If you want to understand #Russia’s #realpolitik, go to #Ukraine & #Georgia.
China & Russia acr as the most significant ‘heartland’ countries seeking to secure the Eurasian landmass in coordinated manner. #Dragonbear