The Responsible Globalist, Damluji, Hassan

An incisive, optimistic manifesto for a more inclusive globalism

Today, globalism has a bad reputation. Citizens of the world are depicted as recklessly uninterested in how international economic networks can affect local communities. Meanwhile, nationalists are often derided as racists and bigots. But what if the two were not so far apart? What could globalists learn from the powerful sense of belonging that nationalism has created? Faced with the injustices of the worlds economic and political system, what should a responsible globalist do?

British-Iraqi development expert Hassan Damluji proposes six principles - from changing how we think about mobility to shutting down tax havens - which can help build consensus for a stronger globalist identity. He demonstrates that globalism is not limited to Davos man but is a truly mass phenomenon that is growing fastest in emerging countries. Rather than a nowhere identity, it is a new group solidarity that sits alongside other allegiances.