From the G20 to the G-Zero: global governance without Trump?
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?
Globalization, development and governance
Global Spain: the country’s economic, military and soft presence
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 sub-state governance: how Trump matters less
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.
A vertical moment
Somehow or other, although no-one knows how, remedying the great decoupling will induce the vertical to become more horizontal again.
The chessboard and the networks
Is this business of networks a new Great Game that, rather than replacing the classic chessboard, adds new territory to it?
Mental borders and the clash of ignorance
However paradoxical it may seem, in this global village there are some people who are set on spreading another type of border: mental borders.
Foreign policy means and ends: results of the Global Diplomacy Index and the Elcano Global Presence Index
Lowy’s Global Diplomacy Index deals with the means for foreign policy while, in a way, Elcano Global Presence Index assesses the results of this policy.
The Return of Africa
Africa is back in the world spotlight. But if hopes are once again dashed, the crisis this time could be unprecedented.
A map of the future: islands, orbits or communities
The advances of the information ages are leading to a world that is simultaneously more dangerous and richer with opportunities than ever before.
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