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On the Global Chessboard, the Game is On
For over a decade now, the hub of global production has shifted to the East. The macro-region of India, China, and Southeast Asia now generates 34 percent of global GDP and participates in over 20 percent of global trade, most of which takes place through maritime connections. This growth is also favored by the attention to infrastructure: Asia is in fact the region that invests the most in infrastructure, ...
The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of Soft Power
Throughout the 20th century, the United States adopted strong, targeted soft power policies (from art to music, from theater to literature), used to enhance and promote its cultural model. The Cold War years are considered those of the "golden age of American cultural diplomacy," when shows, exhibitions, literary journals, etc. were used to enhance and promote different values in contrast to those ...
Political-economic Dynamism and the Unknown Factor of Solidity
Africa is often portrayed in a simplistic manner, and the sum of the 54 countries it consists of - 49 in the sub-Saharan region - is inevitably depicted using short-cuts and stereotypical images. Between 1990 and 1994, most sub-Saharan countries introduced new constitutional structures, and this season of political reform served as a prelude to that of economic progress and greater interest by international ...