David Van Reybrouck

Philosopher Laureate for the Netherlands and Flanders

David Van Reybrouck is Philosopher Laureate for the Netherlands and Flanders. He is the author of Congo: The Epic History of a People (2010), Against Elections: The Case for Democracy (2013) and Revolusi: Indonesia and the Birth of the Modern World (2024), as well as a playwright and poet.

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Written by David Van Reybrouck

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How to run the world

We need new forms of global diplomacy to transcend the current pathetic bargaining of national and commercial interests

David Van Reybrouck