The members of this group, hailing from various places around the world, are largely proficient in English. Also, from their offices in their native countries, they are immersed in a shared world of computers, cell phones, and flight schedules. Huntington is disdainful of this group for presuming that their predominantly Western ways of doing business and living will supersede traditional cultural values. He identifies this group of elites as being largely responsible for driving the global agenda on foreign affairs and trade talks.