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Monkey business, Marco Polo, and managing global public affairs and trade
Harris, Phil
Harris, Phil
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2016-02-02
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Editorial We are now in the year of the Monkey, a year of excitement
and innovation. Monkey years are often
dramatic and see large-scale political change, and
if you believe these things, it is predicted that we
may see much political change and the forging of
new alliances. Given the instability, we are seeing
in the Middle East and large parts of Africa. Suspect
that this is not a predication but a good probability.
It is also over 700 years since Marco Polo started
traveling eastwards and commented on Chinese
and Indian civilizations and observed and recorded
the vast amount of trade that was evident in Asia
and moved along the Silk Road. He remarked that
a stable system of government made this all work
for the benefit of each society and that war invariably
led to human suffering and mass migration
and destruction. Little has changed except that the
size of the Asian economies has become larger and
the impact of war and conflict more psychologically
impactful because of modern media, but the devastation
on human life as tragic as ever.
This is a general issue and reflects the vibrancy
and range of material and research in the public affairs
area. Researchers and practitioners represent
the EU, Europe, North America, and Asia. We still
have gaps in our knowledge geographically, particularly
in understanding public affairs in China, India,
Japan, and Korea; there has only been limited
work on.
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Harris, P. (2016). Monkey business, Marco Polo, and managing global public affairs and trade. Journal of Public Affairs, 16(1), 3-6. doi: 10.1002/pa.1608
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10.1002/pa.1608
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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Harris, P. (2016). Monkey business, Marco Polo, and managing global public affairs and trade. Journal of Public Affairs, 16(1), 3-6, which has been published in final form at doi: 10.1002/pa.1608. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.
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1479-1854