Feature Videos

Tribute to GLF Founder FW de Klerk

Helen Clark on geopolitics, Brexit and leadership

Leadership with Cassam Uteem, a Grégoire Roos interview

Her story made history, a BBC interview with Vaira Vike-Freiberga
Network News
Diageo join GLF International Council
Michael Webb joins Strategy and Development Committee
Michael (Mike) Webb has accepted the invitation of Victor Blank, Chairman of the Strategy and Development Committee, to join the Committee. Mike most recently served as the Chief Human Resources and Administrative Officer of Nutrien, the world’s largest agricultural...
GLF Welcomes Mohammed Malique to the International Council
One Year Anniversary of the Passing of FW de Klerk
Today we mark the first Anniversary of the sad passing of GLF’s Founding Father, former President and Nobel Laureate FW de Klerk. He dedicated his life to making a difference, not only in his own Country, for which he is justly recognised as a figure of historic...
Thomas Pickering Awarded The Walter and Leonore Annenberg Award
GLF Member Thomas Pickering has been awarded the The Walter and Leonore Annenberg Award for Excellence in Diplomacy. The annual award in given by the American Academy of Diplomacy in recognition of an individual or group who has made exemplary contributions to the...
GLF Members Sign Letter on Transforming Education
18 GLF Members signed the recent Gordon Brown op-ed article entitled 'Transforming Education'. The letter calls for the doubling of education budgets in low and middle income countries as well as the modernisation of the education system.
Passing of Fidel Valdez Ramos
The Global Leadership Foundation records, with deepest regret, the death on 31 July 2022 of Fidel Valdez Ramos, President of The Philippines 1992 – 1998, and GLF Member since 2004. As Chair of the GLF, Helen Clark has extended the deepest condolences of the Foundation...
Sir David Davies Stands Down as Chairman of GLF (UK)
Earlier this year, Sir David Davies informed the Chair of GLF that he wished to stand down from the chairmanship of GLF (UK). In accepting this request, Helen Clark has noted the long and loyal service of Sir David to the Foundation’s cause and has thanked him most...
Group on International Security Guarantees for Ukraine
GLF Members Carl Bildt and Kevin Rudd have been invited to join the Group on International Security Guarantees for Ukraine. The working group will be co-chaired by Head of the Office of the President, Andriy Yermak, and former Danish Prime Minister and NATO Secretary...
Barbara Barrett joins GLF Board
GLF is delighted that Barbara Barrett has accepted the invitation from the Chair to join the Board. Barbara joined GLF as a Member in 2021 but was previously part of the Strategy and Development Committee before serving as US Secretary of the Air Force 2019-2021.
Articles & Speeches By GLF Members

The US and China After Zero-Covid
by JAVIER SOLANA

Revitalizing the Struggle for Human Rights
by GARETH EVANS

The Conflict in Ukraine: Cushioning the Global Impact
by HELEN CLARK and SUPACHAI PANITCHPAKDI

Either Vladimir Putin Loses or The West Does
by GEORGE ROBERTSON

The World According to Xi Jinping
by KEVIN RUDD

The Arctic Heats Up
by ANA PALACIO
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