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Globalization, development and governance

Some thoughts on the pre-COVID world. 10 years Elcano Global Presence Index. Elcano Blog
Globalization, development and governance Experts Comments

Some thoughts on the pre-COVID world. 2019 Elcano Global Presence Index results

According to this year's edition of the Elcano Global Presence Index, the world was already deglobalizing before the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Manuel Gracia Santos, Iliana Olivié
28 Jul 2020 //
7 mins Reading time
Multilateralism has lost its way. President Donald J. Trump, joined by Vice President Mike Pence, listens to Gilead CEO Daniel O’Day in the Oval Office of the White House (1/5/2020). Photo: Joyce N. Boghosian / The White House (Public domain). Elcano Blog
Global Spectator Experts Comments

Multilateralism has lost its way

Multilateralism is not an end in itself, but rather a means, a method, not an absolute goal, and has currently lost its way.

By Andrés Ortega
07 Jul 2020 //
7 mins Reading time
Which multilateralism for Cyber Norms? Group photo of the Estonia’s UNSC Presidency: Cyber Stability, Conflict Prevention and Capacity Building. Photo: Estonian Foreign Ministry (CC BY 2.0). Elcan Blog
Globalization, development and governance Experts Comments

Which multilateralism for Cyber Norms?

The cyberspace is far from being integrated into the multilateralism and regional cooperation approaches through norms, an urgent and necessary issue.

By Raquel Jorge Ricart
29 May 2020 //
7 mins Reading time
The world is temporarily closed. Photo: Edwin Hooper (@edwinhooper)
Globalization, development and governance Analyses

The end of globalisation? A reflection on the effects of the COVID-19 crisis using the Elcano Global Presence Index

The health, economic, social and political crisis created by the COVID-19 pandemic will also reconfigure international relations and globalisation.

By Iliana Olivié, Manuel Gracia Santos
04 May 2020 //
23 mins Reading time
General assured weakness: a world with less power. Medical treatment in a hospital. Photo: Allie Smith (@creativegangsters). Elcano Blog
Global Spectator Experts Comments

General assured weakness: a world with less power

Although it is also a relative phenomenon, in absolute terms there is less power –and more poverty– in the world today; general weakness is assured.

By Andrés Ortega
14 Apr 2020 //
6 mins Reading time
The deglobalisation virus. Borders control. Photo: 70023venus2009 (CC BY-ND 2.0). Elcano Blog
Global Spectator Experts Comments

The deglobalisation virus

It is not that COVID-19 virus has put in train a process of deglobalisation. This originated in the reactions to the 2008 crisis and what came in its wake.

By Andrés Ortega
17 Mar 2020 //
6 mins Reading time
Car passing by in between trees (Amboseli national park, Kenya).
Globalization, development and governance Experts Comments

African global presence: scant global presence and high concentration

The Elcano Global Presence Index includes 28 African countries. Africa has the lowest global presence but the highest growth since 1990.

By Manuel Gracia Santos, Iliana Olivié
17 Feb 2020 //
4 mins Reading time
The decade of disillusion. Camera wall in Toronto (Canada). Photo: Lianhao Qu (@lianhao). Elcano Blog
Global Spectator Experts Comments

The decade of disillusion

The decade that has just ended, the 2010s, was marked by the crisis that began in 2007-08, accompanied by the onset of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

By Andrés Ortega
08 Jan 2020 //
5 mins Reading time
Latin American countries flags at the III Cumbre CELAC Costa Rica 2015. Photo: Luis Astudillo C. - Cancillería del Ecuador (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Latin America Experts Comments

Latin America global presence: a passive player in the globalization

Latin America ranks fourth in the global presence ranking. However, the gaps with the Middle East and Africa are narrowing.

By Manuel Gracia Santos, Iliana Olivié
20 Dec 2019 //
4 mins Reading time

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