On Mon, 21 Sep 2015, Jonathan Valiente wrote:

>    Is there enough data in the public domain to create an association graph
>    of all the actors who influence global politics?

I think the most outstanding work in the field has been done by the
Bureau d'Etudes collective, with a work that started already 10 years
ago and is visible here http://bureaudetudes.org beware PDF files are
beautiful and not just well informed, but a bit heavy to open

ciao