position in the Elcano Global

position in the Elcano Global

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and soft-power components. In the economic component, the allies have a greater presence than the US. The third observation is that China’s allies –the rivals– occupy a very low position in the Elcano Global Presence Index: barely one fifth of China’s. In other words, they are allies with a ‘weak’ external presence in absolute terms and even more so in comparison to the US’s allies. Lastly, the neutrals are far from being strategically negligible: they almost equal China in weight and account for more than half of the US’s share. If they were added to the US’s allies, they would form a bloc with the same weight as the two hegemonic powers combined. The likelihood of this arising is highly remote of course, because it would require a governance structure capable of corralling a coalition of more than a hundred countries. สล็อต