A Call for the World's Leaders to Sit in the Circle

Imagine a different kind of summit. Not a conference room defined by flags and hardened positions, but a circle. A space where the weight of the world's most powerful men is momentarily set down, replaced by the simple, ancient weight of being human.

Strip away the titles, the security details, and the nuclear codes. What remains are men with childhood experiences, with fears that keep them awake at night, and with the simple heartaches of loss and relationship strain. Imagine Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and Benjamin Netanyahu sitting in a space where they are not debating policy, but sharing the quiet traumas that shaped them.

This is the power of the men's circle: a conversation based on radical authenticity. But let us be truly pragmatic. If our world were a logical place, why are these men still in power? A true pragmatist looks at the evidence: a system that allows racist, conceited criminals and war offenders to govern is a system that has failed. It is time to demand a world where power is held only by those who have the emotional literacy and human decency to sit in the circle.