This project will cast a critical eye on the real impact of global fears of insecurity and instability on the business environment. It will explore the extent to which Western companies and their personnel are becoming associated with a new and aggressive Western foreign policy agenda. It will also examine how companies committed to development and improving labour and environmental standards can engage with their critics and respond to the demands of the CSR agenda without inviting censure, cynicism or suicide bombs.

The project will argue that a new approach is required to keep the world open for business and it must involve business remaking the case for globalisation. In the coming age of the corporate statesman, a 'think local, act global' model will allow companies to become champions of 'good globalisation'.