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This chapter compares the (British) Commonwealth of Nations with the CPLP—Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries. Both Great Britain and Portugal had trading and political colonial empires which explains the current day existence of vast British and Portuguese networks of diaspora with a common kinship and language. The cultural similarity of the societies of their ex-colonies foments understanding and trust, which are two basic conditionals for cooperation between the communities of the peoples of the Commonwealth of Nations and the CPLP, and potentially enhance their trade networks. We place the following research questions: (1) What are the similarities and difference between the two communities’ organizations? (2) Do they have a future? We research the circumstances in which they were created, ranging from the origins of the British and Portuguese Empires through to their decolonization processes and examine how they impacted the creation of these organizations and their objectives, as well as their problems and their organization structures. We then proceed to analyze their future prospects, in accordance with the Diasporas Networks Theory.
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Ilhéu, F. (2023). The Nets That Empires Weave: The Commonwealth of Nations and the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries. In: Duarte, P.A.B., Albuquerque, R., Tavares, A.M.L. (eds) Portugal and the Lusophone World. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-0455-6_22
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