THE INTERNATIONAL ARENA: How Cape Town can become a neutral global city in a multipolar world
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THE INTERNATIONAL ARENA How Cape Town can become a neutral global city in a multipolar world Global trade is shifting. To compete alongside cities like Dubai and Singapore, Cape Town must overcome state-backed logistical bottlenecks and embrace proactive, autonomous city diplomacy. Their importance transcended national boundaries to become global in scope.
- ▪THE INTERNATIONAL ARENA How Cape Town can become a neutral global city in a multipolar world Global trade is shifting.
- ▪To compete alongside cities like Dubai and Singapore, Cape Town must overcome state-backed logistical bottlenecks and embrace proactive, autonomous city diplomacy.
- ▪Their importance transcended national boundaries to become global in scope.
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THE INTERNATIONAL ARENA How Cape Town can become a neutral global city in a multipolar world Global trade is shifting. To compete alongside cities like Dubai and Singapore, Cape Town must overcome state-backed logistical bottlenecks and embrace proactive, autonomous city diplomacy. By Martyn Davies and Yuwa Hedrick-Wong 26 Jul 2026 The globalisation of the previous decades is steadily being replaced by a multipolar world in which countries are organised into different, often competing networks built around shared interests. (Image: iStock) Dive Deeper Speed Read Summary Listen Dive Deeper More than 30 years ago, the sociologist Saskia Sassen coined the term “global city” to capture the phenomenon of some large cities gaining extraordinary prominence in a globalising world.
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