Global presence is neither good, nor bad
The Elcano Global Presence Index is not normative. We would probably not reach a consensus on which forms of presence are positive and which are negative.
The Elcano Global Presence Index is not normative. We would probably not reach a consensus on which forms of presence are positive and which are negative.
The field of business and human rights has grown exponentially over the past 20 years and is no longer ignored by any serious business.
The Elcano Global Presence Index results show the co-dependence of the United Kingdom and Spain particularly in the economic and soft dimensions.
Is it possible a global governance without the US. Can the others continue managing the world without its collaboration and can the US act as it pleases?
Almost 500 years since Juan Sebastián Elcano completed the first circumnavigation of the world and a vast empire subsequently came into being, Spain has re-built a substantial but very different global presence.
Global governance is no longer the exclusive province of nation states. Although they will continue to be crucial, they need the help of other actors.
Somehow or other, although no-one knows how, remedying the great decoupling will induce the vertical to become more horizontal again.
Is this business of networks a new Great Game that, rather than replacing the classic chessboard, adds new territory to it?
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