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An essay on how the cognitive process of managing more than one language reshapes the brain in ways that have specific, measurable consequences for political competence — for negotiation, for rapport, for the kind of perspective-taking that makes coalition-building possible across deep cultural divides.
The most underrated instrument of political power may be the second language. Why have leaders from Cleopatra to Mandela gained an edge by speaking their counterparts’ tongue? What does modern neuroscience reveal about how a new language reshapes the brain? And what does this mean for statecraft today? Read the full account in the attached PDF below.
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