My Philosophy

Gennaro BunocoreWe live in a truly globalized world, where the effect of polarizing news is magnified by borderless societies and rampant economic disparity. The way we educate can either promote courage and unity or increase fear and divisiveness. It should be everyone’s mission to seek a balanced portrayal of things and that mission requires great courage – the courage to constantly challenge our own judgement about safety and what divides us.

We are irrational creatures, swept by emotions, who find it hard to accept that everyone else, no matter where they were born or what they worship, is also ruled by emotions and, just like us, tends to see the world through the lenses of his/her own experience.

I am convinced that we cannot understand ourselves if we do not understand others. Getting to know others requires avoiding the twin dangers of overestimating how much we have in common and how much divides us. Our shared humanity and the perennial issues which affect life mean that we can always learn from and identify with the thoughts and practices of others, no matter how alien they might first appear.

IF WE ASSUME TOO READILY THAT WE CAN SEE THINGS FROM OTHER’S POINT OF VIEW, WE END UP SEEING THEM FROM MERELY A VARIATION OF OUR OWN.

Services

  • International Security Advisory

    Gennaro has provided subject matter expertise to several enterprises and institutions. He has evaluated the financial effect of the 1988 Lockerbie terrorist attack on Pan American Airlines’ operations; advised the Italian Army on its financial restructuring in 2006; advised the Ministry of Trade of the Kurdistan Regional Government on the monetization of its natural resources; advised Afghanistan’s Ministry of
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  • Speaking Engagements

    Gennaro delivers poignant testimonies about the nature and dynamics of international conflict which engage listeners and stimulate direct audience participation. More

  • Mentoring

    Gennaro has developed the course on Comparative National Security Analysis for the School of Public Service at Excelsior College where he is now an Adjunct Faculty member. More

About

A 25 year veteran of the investment banking and capital markets sector, he began his career as a bond and OTC bond options specialist in the government debt division of Liberty EuroBrokers in the United Kingdom, followed by senior positions at Smith Barney Shearson, Yamaichi International (Europe), Dresdner Kleinwort Benson and at IBJ International (Mizuho Bank). In 2000, he became a partner at private equity firm Bracken Partners in London and held participations in the SSC Napoli, Viastar Media Holdings Corporation, St. James Films and Moving Pictures Film and Television. More

Published Works

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