Welche Rolle spielen nichtstaatliche Akteure, sogenannte »Proxys«, in staatlichen Cyberkonflikten? Und wie unterscheidet sich regimetypenspezifisch das (De-)Eskalationsmanagement? Kerstin Zettl-Schabath vergleicht mithilfe eines umfassenden Datensatzes für die Jahre 2000-2019 die staatlichen...

Wir alle spüren, dass Deutschland eine Macht im Umbruch ist, ein Land, das tiefgreifende Veränderungen erfährt. Was bedeutet der Wandel der Welt für das Selbstverständnis Deutschlands, vor welchen Herausforderungen stehen wir, und was müssen die Deutschen jetzt tun, um nicht abgehängt zu...

Bereits in der späten Zarenzeit entwickelte sich Russland durch den Aufbau einer modernen Erdölindustrie im Kaukasus zu einem der weltweit führenden Erdölproduzenten und baute diese Position in der Sowjetzeit weiter aus. Die Industrialisierung und der Aufstieg zur Weltmacht waren eng mit der...

The US trade war against China in 2018-2019 can either enhance or diminish the US soft power in China, depending on whether it is recognized as legitimate by Chinese citizens. We study how the viewership of US movies--an important element of the US soft power--is affected by the trade war,...

Dieser Bericht gibt einen systematischen Überblick über den aktuellen Stand der deutschen Digitalpolitik und den derzeitigen politischen Ansatz der Bundesregierung. Das Papier unterbreitet 48 Empfehlungen, wie sich Deutschland noch stärker um den erfolgreichen Aufbau einer soliden,...

Hegemonic powers, like the United States and China, exert influence on other countries by threatening the suspension or alteration of financial and trade relationships. Mechanisms that generate gains from integration, such as external economies of scale and specialization, also increase the...

Much has been written about deterrence, the process of committing to punish an adversary to prevent an attack. But in sufficiently rich environments where attacks evolve over time, formulating a strategy involves not only deterrence but also appeasement, the less costly process of not responding...

Below, I illustrate how a wide range of political economics forces influence nations' provisions of global public goods. The forces can make it difficult for international cooperation to succeed, but they can also be taken advantage of by carefully designed treaties, so that they are stronger...

Die Überheblichkeit des Westens. Oder: Was können wir von denen schon lernen? Das geopolitische Koordinatensystem kannte lange nur zwei Achsen: Ost und West. Mehr und mehr kommt eine neue hinzu: der Süden. Und wie man sehr gut am Beispiel Indien ablesen kann, ist er alles, was der Westen...

Chapter 1: Contextualising the Belt and Road Initiative in South America -- Chapter 2: Foreign Policy Analysis: South American Countries’ Foreign Policy towards the BRI -- Chapter 3: Chile and the Belt and Road Initiative -- Chapter 4: Colombia and the Belt and Road Initiative -- Chapter 5:...

"In modern times, international borders reflect discontinuous changes in political authority, no matter what the inconveniences are for the individuals that they separate. What explains this fact? Why are the citizens of neighboring regions that happen to lie across an international border often...

All of the GCC countries - Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates - are undergoing historic socio-economic transitions. They are facing enormous strains on public finances and challenging economic outlooks, due to fluctuating oil prices, demographic pressures,...

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is one of the most talked about yet little understood policy initiatives of the People's Republic of China. This book offers a comprehensive, balanced and policy-oriented assessment of the BRI's first ten years and what it has meant for the world's businesses,...

"Beijing Rules is a superb expose which reveals how China learned to master capitalism which it now wields in its own authoritarian form to achieve global dominance. As Bethany Allen, the China reporter for Axios, reveals, the long-standing belief that free-trade capitalism is a democratizing...

"Based on workshops co-organized by Japan's St. Andrew University and Taiwan's National Chengchi University, this book provides readers with the toolbox for navigating the regional dynamics of political economy in Southeast Asia, with special focus on exploring the key factors determining the...

Russland hat mit seinem Angriffskrieg auf die Ukraine seine Zukunft verspielt und den Trend zu einer multipolaren Weltordnung beschleunigt. Aufbauend auf einer historischen Einbettung wird in diesem Buch der Sonderweg Russlands untersucht. Dabei werden der ökonomische Blick auf die Folgen des...

The first ever guide to oligarchs as a global and historical phenomenon. Today, more than twenty oligarchs serve as heads of state or government in countries such as Russia, South Africa, Lebanon, and El Salvador. Many have a net worth in excess of $1 billion, and they all – whether directly...

During four decades of fast-paced economic growth, China's ascent has reverberated across the full social spectrum, from international relations to technology, from trade to global health, from academia to climate change. Despite disrupting the long-established cultural and political constructs...

After the break-up of the Soviet Union, the escalating rivalry between the EU and Russia in their shared neighbourhood created major economic, political and security challenges for the two states that border them: Belarus and Ukraine. Both countries were made integration offers by the EU and...

Advances in Global Leadership brings together insights from leading scholars and practitioners and presents fresh ideas from promising newcomers to the field. With its unique focus on addressing global leadership and collaboration in times of crisis, this volume is both timely and relevant...

In der aktuellen Corona-Pandemie muss die WHO Fakten sammeln und politische Empfehlungen formulieren. Die Verflechtung dieser beiden Aufgaben in einer Organisation ist jedoch problematisch.

Außerhalb von Krisenzeiten findet die WHO oft wenig Gehör. Ihre sozialpolitischen Initiativen werden regelmäßig abgeschmettert; ihr Handeln bleibt auf Krankheitspolitik reduziert. Das ist ein Fehler.

Welche Folgen Corona für die internationale Ordnung haben könnte, hängt auch vom Zusammenspiel expertenfreundlicher und expertisefeindlicher Regime ab.

Leading global experts, brought together by Johns Hopkins University, discuss national and international trends in a post-COVID-19 world.The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has killed hundreds of thousands of people and infected millions while also devastating the world economy. The consequences of...

Framing is pervasive in public international law. International legal norms (incl. soft law) and international politics both inevitably frame how international actors perceive a given problem. Although framing has been an object of study for a long time - be it in domestic or international...

Dieses Lehrbuch führt ein in die politikwissenschaftliche Debatte über Global Governance. Die mit dem Konzept der Global Governance verfolgte analytische Perspektive untersucht Weltordnungsprobleme und begreift das internationale System als ein Mehrebenensystem. Global Governance erfolgt im...

Introduction -- Key Concepts: Field, Causation, Time, Process, and Holomovement -- The First Field (OL): The Momentum and Energy of Economic Liberalism -- The Second Field (CL): Collective Learning from Critique and Crises -- The Third Field (SSR): The Reason of State Bending Social Space-Time...

"The Oxford Handbook of Economic Imperialism examines unequal commercial, trade, and investment gains at the international level and explores how countries and nations can have exploitative relations. The book contains thirty-four chapters written by academics and experts in the field of...

"EU-Middle East relations are multifaceted, varied and complex, shaped by historical, political, economic, migratory, social and cultural dynamics. Covering these relations from a broad perspective that captures continuities, ruptures and entanglements, this handbook provides a clearer...

Economic sanctions dominate the landscape of world politics today. First developed in the early twentieth century as a way of exploiting the flows of globalization to defend liberal internationalism, their appeal is that they function as an alternative to war. This view, however, ignores the...