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?
However paradoxical it may seem, in this global village there are some people who are set on spreading another type of border: mental borders.
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.
Africa is back in the world spotlight. But if hopes are once again dashed, the crisis this time could be unprecedented.
The advances of the information ages are leading to a world that is simultaneously more dangerous and richer with opportunities than ever before.
Globalization has been a major issue in two of the most important recent campaigns in Western countries: the Brexit referendum and the US Elections.
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