Introduction : toward a deeper conceptualisation of cosmopolitanism in global cities / Nikolai Mouraviev and Nada K. Kakabadse -- The cosmopolitan environment : traits, challenges and the trends -- Sustainable urban growth and the cosmopolitan environment : the role of power in promoting...

The world has been waging a fight against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) since December 2019. The current coronavirus crisis is a catastrophe affecting billions of families worldwide. So far, COVID-19 has wreaked havoc across the globe: by slowing down economic growth; decreasing global trade;...

The world has been waging a fight against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) since December 2019. The current coronavirus crisis is a catastrophe affecting billions of families worldwide. So far, COVID-19 has wreaked havoc across the globe: by slowing down economic growth; decreasing global trade;...

1. Transnationalism and the transnational policy elite -- 2. Legitimacy in world politics -- 3. Collaboration and partnership -- 4. Consensus and world affairs -- 5. The seductive lure of elite membership -- 6. Elite networks in world affairs -- 7. The consequences of elite consensus.