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Paddy Ashdown:
The global power shift

TEDxBrussels · 18:29 · Filmed Dec 2011
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Paddy Ashdown claims that we are living in a moment in history where power is changing in ways it never has before. In a spellbinding talk he outlines the three major global shifts that he sees coming. (Filmed at TEDxBrussels.)

Paddy Ashdown
Diplomat
Paddy Ashdown is a former member of the British Parliament and a diplomat with a lifelong commitment to international cooperation. Full bio
This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxBrussels, an independent event. TED editors featured it among our selections on the home page.
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