Bhutan's broad-based growth has reduced poverty and inequality over the past decades. To respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and multiple global and domestic crises, the country adopted unorthodox policies such as using foreign reserves to invest in crypto-mining, which slashed reserves by half and...

Great powers are increasingly using their economic and financial strength for geopolitical aims. This rise of "geoeconomics" has the potential to reshape the international trade and financial system. This paper examines the role of domestic political economy forces in determining a government's...

This introduction to the Special Issue reviews the existing literature on the domestic politics of international organizations (IOs), presenting them within a unified theoretical framework. We emphasize the central role of domestic forces in the study of IOs: how individual preferences are...

In the realm of Hegemonic Politics, this paper explores the effect of domestic politics on the behaviour of international currency markets. More specifically, for the first time we gauge the impact of a divided government on the exchange rate volatility of three currencies, namely, the Japanese...

This paper studies theoretically and empirically the role of domestic political incentives in the accumulation of large external debts by developing countries during 1972-81. The theoretical model characterizes two equilibrium regimes. In one regime the borrower is on its demand curve and...

The spread of the Covid-19 pandemic to Myanmar posed particular problems for the country, which had an elevated level of vulnerability due to the country’s weak health system, high poverty rates, low levels of development, and weak government capacities. The country struggled to address the...

Controversial constitutional and institutional reforms voted in May 2019 in parliament opened the way for President Gnassingbé to stand for a fourth and fifth term because the law does not apply retroactively. In February 2020, the President won again the disputed presidential elections and...

Mit der Präsidentschaft Joseph Bidens sind in Deutschland und anderen EU-Staaten hohe Erwartungen an einen "Neustart" der transatlantischen Beziehungen verbunden. Die Handlungsspielräume auch dieses Präsidenten werden allerdings wesentlich mitbestimmt von langfristigen Trends in der...

This book provides a fresh interpretation of the rise and fall of Latin America's 'left turn', or movement towards more progressive economic or social policies. From a historical and comparative perspective, the book argues that Latin America is entering a new phase of authoritarian statism....

Očerednye vybory Prezidenta Respubliki Belarusʹ 2020 g. vyzvali neodnoznačnuju reakciju kak naselenija Belorussii, tak i mirovogo soobščestva. Akcii organizovannogo protesta zachlestnuli nekotorye krupnye predprijatija, ulicy Minska i drugich gorodov respubliki. V Belorussii proischodjat...

Klappentext: Mit der Invasion seiner Truppen in die Ukraine im Februar 2022 und den folgenden Sanktionen des Westens steckt Russland in einer schweren Krise. Felix Jaitner verfolgt den Prozess der Durchsetzung des Kapitalismus in Russland, zeigt die oligarchischen Strukturen, die Korruption im...

Controversial constitutional and institutional reforms voted in May 2019 in parliament opened the way for President Gnassingbé to stand for a fourth and fifth term (2020 and 2030) because the law does not apply retroactively. The first local elections since more than 30 years resulted in the...

At the time the traditional and non-traditional security issues in South Asian and regional dynamics mounting into a complex geopolitical space, India and China are gearing up their regional political and economic outlook somewhat country-specific. For India and China, Afghanistan has been a...

Shared values are deemed necessary as a solid foundation for social cohesion by commentators and observers in many countries. However, when examining what kind of values this is based on, answers often come down to platitudes and national clichés. This discussion paper offers some clarification...

Shared values are deemed necessary as a solid foundation for social cohesion by commentators and observers in many countries. However, when examining what kind of values this is based on, answers often come down to platitudes and national clichés. This discussion paper offers some clarification...

This study x-rayed the significance of civic political culture on participatory governance and its potentialities on political development. It adopted theoretical postulations in analyzing the subject matter. The analytical model showed a diagrammatic presentation of the relationship among...

Der Sonderband beleuchtet den Zusammenhang von Migration und Demokratie aus konzeptuellen und empirischen Perspektiven, um die Herausforderungen und Chancen der zunehmenden Politisierung des Themenfeldes umfassend einordnen und bewerten zu können. Im ersten Teil werden die strukturellen...

The demand for political alternance, initiated by institutional and electoral reforms, constituted the major contentious issue between the government and the challengers of the Gnassingbé regime throughout the year. Civil society organizations and representatives of the Christian church...

"This book takes a fresh look at Chinese political economy at a key inflection point. Facing a more competitive international environment, Chinese reform has shifted from its earlier focus on economic liberalization and political decentralization to a more tightly organized, centralized form of...

V dannoj monografii avtor prodolžaet osveščenie teoretičeskich i prikladnych voprosov, svjazannych s vypolneniem gosudarstvom svoich vnutrennich zadač i funkcij, stanovlenija v strane socialʹnogo gosudarstva, obespečeniem prav i svobod čeloveka i graždanina, rassmatrivajutsja...

President Faure Gnassingbé acted throughout the year from a position of strength, given the divided and weakened opposition. Overdue political and institutional reforms and local elections were postponed indefinitely. The human rights situation improved slightly, but the regime continued to be...

Border protection and the right to decide about entry and residence of foreign nationals on the state’s territory are regarded as the most important manifestations of the state’s sovereignty and usually fall under the control of the police forces and ministries of interior of individual...

This paper explores the phenomenon of US quasi-bases in Latin America, which are semi-formal agreements that grant the US military tacit access to local military bases without a formal lease. While the importance of formal US bases in the region has dramatically decreased, a network of...

This article examines the activities, street-level and Legco tactics as well as the political orientation of the pro-autonomy advocates, localists and pro-independence groups in Hong Kong, contextualized within the September 2016 Legislative Council Election, ‘Fishball Revolution' and...

Dominant party systems trigger controversy about how the EU should engage with them. The examples of Ethiopia and Rwanda show that the willingness of authoritarian governments to engage with the EU on democratic reforms varies widely. The paper argues that the type of challenge to regime...

This study, commissioned by the European Parliament's Policy Department for Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the LIBE Committee, examines the governance structures of EU Justice and Home Affairs agencies. Specifically, it maps and analyses across-the-board agencies'...

This study, commissioned by the European Parliament's Policy Department for Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the LIBE Committee, examines the governance structures of EU Justice and Home Affairs agencies. Specifically, it maps and analyses across-the-board agencies'...

In einer exklusiv für die Atlantik-Brücke verfassten Analyse befasst sich der renommierte Politologe Francis Fukuyama mit einem Phänomen, das von globaler Bedeutung ist: dem Populismus. Er zeigt Merkmale populistischer Strömungen auf und rückt insbesondere auch sein eigenes Land, die USA,...

The presidential elections of 25 April 2015 resulted in a victory for the incumbent, Faure Gnassingbé. Thus, he secured his third five-year term, strengthening the autocratic grip of the Gnassingbé-clan, which had been in power since 1967. The institutional and constitutional reforms that...

Contrary to the focus on the events of the last two years (2014-2015) associated with the accession of Crimea to Russia and military conflict in Eastern Ukraine, I stress here that serious changes in Russian internal politics (with strong pressure on political opposition, state propaganda and...

American securities enforcement agencies often face charges that they use their enforcement power to further political goals. Most recently, Standard & Poor's credit rating agency claimed that the U.S. Department of Justice unfairly singled it out for prosecution for fraudulent credit ratings...

Im ersten Teil der Dissertationsschrift werden für die Emerging Markets – exemplarisch anhand von Brasilien und Indien – die Motive der Regierungen hinter der Initiierung von wirtschaftlichen Reformpaketen aufgespürt. Durch die stringente Anwendung des "Societal Approach" werden hierbei...

Change and Stability in Global Tax Policy -- Power in International Tax Politics -- Countering Harmful Tax Practices -- The Swift Return of Tax Competition -- The Emergence of Multilateral AEI -- The BEPS Project : Long Live Arm's Length -- From Hegemony to Transatlantic Tax Battle?