World Socionics

Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy (born 1978) is a Ukrainian comedian, actor, film producer, and the current President of Ukraine. Zelenskyy began his career in entertainment doing comedy skits, eventually moving on to starring in movies, as well as funding movies and shows himself. In 2015, Zelenskyy began starring in a comedy/satire TV show called Servant of the People in which he played a school teacher who is suddenly and unexpectedly elevated to the Presidency of Ukraine after his rant against widespread government corruption in Ukraine went viral. In 2018, Zelenskyy ran for President under his newly formed political party named after the TV show he starred in, ‘Servant of the People’ , as a political outsider (as expected of someone who spent their life in entertainment instead of politics) on a populist, anti-corruption platform which frequently referenced the TV show and, according to some, seemed to blur the lines between fiction and reality. Another of Zelenskyy’s campaign ...

Otto, Prince of Bismarck, Count of Bismarck-Schönhausen, Duke of Lauenburg (born Junker Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck ,   1815-1898) was chancellor of Prussia and later Germany. He is best known for his achievement of unifying the various German states (completed in 1871), which he continued to govern as Chancellor until his dismissal by Kaiser Wilhelm II ( EIE ) in 1890. One of the most interesting things about Bismarck was his lack of real power. As a mere chancellor, his position was completely at the mercy of his benefactor, the King of Prussia and later German Kaiser, Wilhelm I. Wilhelm always had the final say as a somewhat absolute monarch, and could override or fire his chancellor whenever he wished, and in addition to that, any specific domestic law that Bismarck wanted needed to be passed by the Reichstag. Despite this, Bismarck’s contemporaries, including his friends and enemies (of which he had many) widely considered him to be a dictator. This is because, despite h...

Henry Alfred Kissinger (born Heinz Kissinger in 1923) is a German-American writer, geopolitical analyst, consultant, and former National Security Advisor and Secretary of State to presidents Richard Nixon ( ESI ) and Gerald Ford ( SLI ), having the distinction of being the only person in history to have held both titles at the same time. Kissinger’s reputation is controversial. He is praised by some for his use of realpolitik , an approach to diplomacy that chooses to eschew ideology or morality in favor of pragmatism. He is also praised by many for his achievements, including his pivotal role in pursuing détente with the Soviet Union, opening negotiations with the diplomatically isolated Maoist China, negotiating a ceasefire to the Yom-Kippur war, setting the stage for long-lasting peace between Israel and Egypt (completed during the Carter administration), and negotiating the end of America’s involvement in the Vietnam war. However, Kissinger is also routinely criticized for his ...