Simon Curtis
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“If You Build It, They Will Come.” Infrastructure, Hegemonic Transition, and Peaceful Change Open
Hegemonic transition is typically associated with major power war. Relatively neglected is its association of systemic change with shifts in material and social infrastructure. This article develops a structural power model that highlights…
Global Cities, World Order and Post-Pandemic Futures Open
Although the long term impact of Covid-19 on the world’s cities cannot yet be known, what we can see is how the pandemic is interacting with existing trends and forces that are shaping both cities and the wider international system of whic…
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Telehealth transformation: COVID-19 and the rise of virtual care Open
The novel coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic has altered our economy, society, and healthcare system. While this crisis has presented the U.S. healthcare delivery system with unprecedented challenges, the pandemic has catalyzed rap…
Global Cities and the Ends of Globalism Open
The global city has been both a product and driver of contemporary globalization. But today the global city is under threat from at least two directions. Firstly, despite their astonishing economic growth over the last four decades, they h…
Cities and Global Governance: State Failure or a New Global Order? Open
International society, so long the resolution to problems of collective political order, now appears to be failing in its capacity to deal with transnational challenges such as climate change, global security and financial instability. Ind…