GLOBAL POWER EUROPE: Making Brussels into an imperial capital
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Making Brussels into an imperial capital
So influential has Brussels become in recent years that it is now comparable to Washington in political importance, having a similar number of journalists, lobbyists, think tanks and political consultants. While London, New York, Paris and Tokyo may rank supreme for economic power and cultural reach, it is Washington and Brussels that are the political powerhouses of our age. Both cities may one day be joined by New Delhi and Beijing as the twenty-first century moves on, but for the time being, the two imperial cities are the centres of global power; one is the command centre for the United States, and the other is the core of the burgeoning power of the European Union.
