Aufbauend auf der Vorjahresstudie (Matthes, 2024a) führt das Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft (IW) mit diesem Report das IW-Monitoring von potenziell kritischen Importabhängigkeiten der deutschen Wirtschaft von China fort. Unter mehr als 14.300 8-Steller-Warengruppen finden sich aktuell nur...

Geoeconomic pressure - the use of existing economic relationships by governments to achieve geopolitical or economic ends - has become a prominent feature of global power dynamics. This paper introduces a methodology using large language models (LLMs) to systematically extract signals of...

Vor dem Hintergrund einer sich verändernden globalen Wettbewerbssituation dominieren Fragen von Sicherheit und Autonomie neben Wettbewerbsfähigkeit die politischen Debatten und Handlungsstrategien und haben scheinbar die grüne Agenda der EU in den Hintergrund gedrängt. Doch weder...

Die deutschen Importabhängigkeiten von China sind in der Gesamtschau im Jahr 2023 trotz gewisser Veränderungen auf ähnlichem Niveau geblieben wie im Vorjahr. Damit lässt sich nur in Ansätzen ein importseitiges De-Risking erkennen. Das zeigt das IW-Monitoring von industrienahen...

Die zunehmenden geopolitischen Spannungen, vor allem durch den Konflikt zwischen Russland und der Ukraine, stellen Deutschland und seine Unternehmen vor eine komplexe Bedrohungslage, die mit erhöhten Risiken aufgrund von Sabotageaktivitäten und Wirtschaftsspionage einhergeht. Vor diesem...

Die Zeitenwende nach dem russischen Angriffskrieg auf die Ukraine und die dadurch verschärfte Debatte über wirtschaftliche Sicherheit, strategische Autonomie und kritische Importabhängigkeiten haben zu Recht dazu geführt, dass Staatseingriffe stärker diskutiert werden. Kritische...

Die import- und exportseitige Abhängigkeit deutscher Industriebranchen von China auf der Vorleistungsebene wird hier mit einer Auswertung der internationalen Input-Output-Tabellen von FIGARO (Full International and Global Accounts for Research in Input-Output Analysis) ermittelt, die von...

Access to secure and stable supply of critical raw materials (CRMs) is vital for Europe's economic security. These raw materials, which are indispensable inputs for Europe's modernisation, are supplied by a handful of countries. Among them, China and Russia are two of the most important European...

Recent events and rising geopolitical tensions have raised concerns about the external dependence and vulnerability of Europe’s economy. Decision-makers need to rethink the playing field of geoeconomics and should be prepared for different trade policy scenarios that may arise from new...

Part 1: Introduction and Philosophical Foundations -- Chapter 1: Deneocoloniality vs. Decoloniality: A Conceptual Comparison -- Chapter 2: A Studied Criticism of Selected Major Works on Decoloniality -- Chapter 3: Revisiting Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah's Treatise of Neocolonialism -- Part 2:...

1. Introduction -- 2. China-Qatar Relations: A Historical Overview -- 3. The Belt and Road Initiative: Vision, Objectives, and Complexities -- 4. Qatar's Engagement in the Belt and Road Initiative -- 5. Qatar's Role in the Belt and Road Initiative and Its Economic Significance -- 6. Qatar's...

<P>Introduction</P><I><P>Monika Meireles, Bruno De Conti and Diego Guevara</I> </P><B><P>I. Rethinking Development and Financial Dependency: Theoretical Reflections </P></B><P>1. Dependency, Finance and Development: Echoes of the Past That Resonate in the Present </P><I><P>Manuel Felipe Martínez Mantilla and José Daniel Saade Figueroa</P></I><P>2....</p></p></i></p></p></b></p></i></p>

An increasing number of countries have introduced some form of prohibition of abuses of economic dependence or broadened the scope of their existing legislation. Yet, very little has been written on the economics of economic dependence, that is on economic reasoning, tools or metrics that can be...

An increasing number of countries have introduced some form of prohibition of abuses of economic dependence or broadened the scope of their existing legislation. Yet, very little has been written on the economics of economic dependence, that is on economic reasoning, tools or metrics that can be...

Purpose – This paper seeks to explore the reasons for the dominance of Western accounting and neglect of Islamic accounting in Islamic countries, using Jordan as a case study. Design/methodology/approach – The paper reports the results of a series of interviews, using a semi‐structured...

The experience of Olongapo City in managing economic distress due to the loss of its economic anchor, the Subic Bay Naval Base, offers a rich lesson in local governance on how critical it is to plan ahead. The risk of a severe downturn, primarily due to economic dependency, can be successfully...

The experience of Olongapo City in managing economic distress due to the loss of its economic anchor, the Subic Bay Naval Base, offers a rich lesson in local governance on how critical it is to plan ahead. The risk of a severe downturn, primarily due to economic dependency, can be successfully...

The experience of Olongapo City in managing economic distress due to the loss of its economic anchor, the Subic Bay Naval Base, offers a rich lesson in local governance on how critical it is to plan ahead. The risk of a severe downturn, primarily due to economic dependency, can be successfully...

Proponents of work-based welfare reform claim that moving the poor from welfare to work will advance the goals of economic self-reliance and independence. Reform opponents attack these objectives as ideologically motivated and conceptually incoherent. Drawing on perspectives developed by luck...