Dr. Olga Azarova: Full Potential begins from signs of viability

An excerpt from the book by renowned entrepreneur and innovator Dr Olga Azarova, The Full Potential of the Human Being: The Eight Intelligences, offers a clear conceptual foundation for understanding what it means to be “alive”. As an introduction to the methodology of MINIBOSS & BIGBOSS BUSINESS SCHOOLS, this text presents a broader vision of life itself — and of the kind of education humanity needs in order to understand, develop and consciously manage life for the benefit of the individual and the Planet.

A little science is useful for all of us, isn’t it? Yes, life is a remarkable journey — one that human beings instinctively wish to extend for as long as possible. Yet within this journey, some processes may be prolonged, while others may be shortened. In other words, the quality and duration of life can be consciously influenced if we understand three fundamental questions: who are we, how do we function, and how can we manage our organism and, consequently, our life?

A New Pause Between the United States and China: Why the World Has Received Not Peace, but a Temporary Architecture of Managed Rivalry

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Presented by Julian Fenwick, Senior World Affairs Presenter and Analyst, 100% NEWS

The meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping in Beijing was not a decorative diplomatic event of the day, but an attempt by the world’s two principal powers to install safeguards within a global system overheated by wars, energy risks, trade conflicts and the fear of a new major confrontation.

On 14 May 2026, the central issue in world politics became the meeting between the President of the United States, Donald Trump, and the President of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping, in Beijing. Formally, it was a bilateral summit. In substance, it was a test of whether the global system is still capable of producing managed stability at a time when the Middle East, Ukraine, the trading system and energy markets are all under simultaneous pressure.

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China, the parties agreed on a new formula for relations: “constructive strategic stability” for the next three years and beyond. This phrase matters not as diplomatic decoration, but as an acknowledgement of reality: the United States and China can no longer return to the old model of globalisation, in which economic interdependence was assumed to be a sufficient guarantee of peace. Yet they are also not ready for a direct rupture, because the cost of such a rupture would be systemic — for trade, currencies, technologies, logistics, raw materials markets and security.

Eduard Rubin: G2 or what did SI say to Trump in metaphors?

In global politics, where every word is weighed on an apothecary’s scale and a protocol smile can cost billions, the recent meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People predictably became the centre of gravity for all those trying to discern the contours of tomorrow. However, while analysts on live broadcasts argue over tariffs and trade balances, a much older and more dangerous play is unfolding behind the scenes. Chinese diplomacy rarely speaks directly — it paints ideograms of meaning, understood only by those ready to peer into the depths of centuries.

Xi Jinping began the conversation by mentioning the “Thucydides Trap”. To a person accustomed to the transactional politics of deals, this might seem like a beautiful historical quotation or an intellectual bow. But for Beijing, this is not just a phrase. It is the signature that Xi has placed under every address to American leaders for twelve consecutive years — from Seattle to the Oval Office.

Women's Diplomacy: World Woman Forum will be held in Davos, 9-12 July 2026

WORLD WOMAN FORUM 2026 will take place in the unique environment of the Davos Congress Centre in Switzerland, a venue globally recognised as the home of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting and one of the world’s symbolic spaces for international dialogue, strategic thinking and the future of business and society, according to the Davos Congress Centre.

The Forum is designed as an international platform dedicated to women’s leadership, entrepreneurship, innovation, education, family business, social impact and global cooperation. It will bring together women leaders, entrepreneurs, investors, executives, educators, public figures and changemakers from different countries to exchange ideas, build partnerships and strengthen the role of women in the global economy.