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Globalization, development and governance

Globalization, development and governance Policy Papers

Regional or global player? The EU’s international profile

By means of the Elcano Global Presence Index, this policy paper aims to depict the EU’s international profile while tracking to what extent its features and the objectives of the EU’s global strategy are aligned with the volume, nature and geographical allocation of the Union’s external projection.

By Iliana Olivié, Manuel Gracia Santos
27 Oct 2021 //
7 mins Reading time
Technological power at stake. ITU Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland. Photo: ITU Pictures (CC BY 2.0)
Globalization, development and governance Experts Comments

Technological power at stake

The UN telecommunications agency may change the course of technological governance, and thus of power, in 2022.

By Raquel Jorge Ricart
25 Oct 2021 //
6 mins Reading time
The costs of non-multilateralism. Eiffel Tower illuminated for COP21 in Paris (2015). Photo: Yann Caradec (CC BY-SA 2.0) Elcano Blog
Global Spectator Experts Comments

The costs of non-multilateralism

Multilateralism is an alliance of powers and other actors in pursuit of shared goals that we will see come together at COP26 in Glasgow.

By Andrés Ortega
19 Oct 2021 //
6 mins Reading time
11th edition of the Elcano Global Presence Index (2020 results). Elcano Royal Institute
Globalization, development and governance Experts Comments

The end of the world pre-COVID: what do the 2020 results of the Elcano Global Presence Index tell us?

We are launching the 2020 edition of the Elcano Global Presence Index, which does not yet reflect the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Manuel Gracia Santos, Iliana Olivié
29 Jul 2021 //
6 mins Reading time
Soft power put to the test. China on a glowing globe with political borders. Photo: Christian Lue (@christianlue). Elcano Blog
Globalization, development and governance Experts Comments

Soft power put to the test

China aims to improve its external image. Is soft power changing or is it up to our foreign policy to rethink itself?

By Raquel Jorge Ricart
24 Jun 2021 //
5 mins Reading time
New global public goods and evils. Global climate change protest demonstration strike - No Planet B. Photo: Markus Spiske (@markusspiske). Elcano Blog
Global Spectator Experts Comments

New global public goods and evils

New instruments and methods are required, and new global governance, for the new global public goods and evils.

By Andrés Ortega
15 Jun 2021 //
6 mins Reading time
Re-globalisation with hiccups. Photo: Joshua Rawson-Harris (@joshrh19). Elcano Blog
Global Spectator Experts Comments

Re-globalisation with hiccups

We are heading towards a more protectionist, more nationalist, more regionalised form of re-globalisation, including in the digital realm.

By Andrés Ortega
01 Jun 2021 //
5 mins Reading time
The fall and stagnation of the global middle class. Housing development the US. Photo: Blake Wheeler (@blakesox). Elcano Blog
Global Spectator Experts Comments

The fall and stagnation of the global middle class

Among the destructive effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, one is the worldwide decline of the global middle class, except in China.

By Andrés Ortega
20 Apr 2021 //
6 mins Reading time
COVID-19 vaccine and a syringe. Photo: Mehmet Turgut Kirkgoz (@tkirkgoz)
Globalization, development and governance Analyses

COVID-19: the geopolitics of the vaccine, a weapon for global security

Amid the coronavirus crisis, the vaccine seems to offer the most promising way out. The vaccination programme is also important.

By Rafael Vilasanjuan
15 Mar 2021 //
1 min Reading time
Assorted-color filed containers. Photo: Frank Mckenna (@frankiefoto). Elcano Blog
Global Spectator Experts Comments

Containers: essential but more expensive

Standardised containers have become an essential component of modern globalisation, carrying by sea almost half the world’s trade.

By Andrés Ortega
09 Mar 2021 //
5 mins Reading time
The global agenda: immunising the world. COVID-19 vaccine in Macau (China). Photo: Macau Photo Agency (@macauphotoagency). Elcano blog
Global Spectator Experts Comments

The global agenda: immunising the world

A new brand of wholesale global cooperation is required, both for vaccines and for treatments. Global governance has failed.

By Andrés Ortega
23 Feb 2021 //
8 mins Reading time
Cash for development? DEVE Committee, European Parliament
Future of Europe Working Papers

Cash for development? The use of microcredits and cash transfers as development tools

El informe aporta detalles de los últimos avances en estas herramientas de liquidez para el desarrollo en el momento en que la UE está remodelando sus instrumentos de financiación del desarrollo para el período 2021-27.

By Aitor Pérez, Nicolás Ayensa, Maricruz Lacalle
12 Feb 2021 //
2 mins Reading time

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