LEADERSHIP WAVE INTERFERENCE DECISIVE ACTION Demonstrating initiative | Enacting quick decisions Jumpstarting institutions | Overcoming bureaucratic lethargy | Building trust with the citizenry COLLABORATION Opening new open fora | Abolishing the public-private sector CENTRALISATION zero-sum game | Redefining relationships with international actors | Appreciating the value of cosmpolitanism Concentrating decision-making power | Regressing to authoritarianism | Shrinking the democratic space and corroding its RECONFIGURATION foundations | Justifying unconstitutional rule Reconsidering the welfare state | Renegotiating the social contract ISOLATIONISM | Revising development priorities | Assessing internal resources and reliance on assistance Retreating from economic cooperation | Countering regional integration | Undermining international institutions | Promoting xenophobia OPPORTUNISM Abusing power | Brutalising populations | Deepening inequality | Negating good governance | Ignoring public dissent | Engaging in corruption 1
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