PositivePolitics.net is a product of The Wise Choice Consulting Co. — Ken and Kay Wise, combining a lifetime of political science scholarship and systems design to make positive politics accessible to everyone.
Ken earned his Ph.D. in International Relations from American University, School of International Service. He taught Political Science and International Relations at Creighton University from 1967–2008, leading teams to Model United Nations conferences across the globe. He consulted for NATO HQ (Brussels), the Atlantic Council of USA, the Council on Foreign Relations, and other think tanks.
In 2008, Ken and Kay moved to Dubai where Ken directed Public Policy for B'huth, the Dubai Public Policy Research Center. Ken has traveled around the world and conferred with officials and scholars in Europe, USSR/Russia, the Middle East, Brazil, Singapore, Japan, and China.
Email Ken@TheWiseChoice.com — Ken responds to questions regarding international politics and national security policy, concentrating on issues of political power, international law, international organizations, citizenship, and authority.
Kay earned her M.A. in history, then worked as a research associate in artificial intelligence building a semantic network for the health sciences in the 1970s, designed and implemented an Enterprise Resource Planning system in the 1980s, managed software engineers in the 1990s, studied to be an artist, then designed and implemented information systems for B'huth in Dubai.
Kay and Ken collaborated to develop the Principles of Positive Politics with the intent of writing a book. The book didn't happen, but in 2019 Kay adapted Ken's lectures to write and develop this website using Bootstrap 3. Claude.ai helped Kay upgrade the site in 2026.
Email Kay@TheWiseChoice.com — Kay responds to questions on team building, office politics, communication, and organizational processes.
Positive politics may take longer — but we achieve more and have more fun doing it.