The liberal world order has produced immense benefits for Europe and people across the planet. Beginning in the 18th and 19th centuries, liberalism reinforces the natural rights of man to life, liberty and property, and has transformed the world in ways that have improved the material and social...

Domestic prudential regulation can have unintended effects across borders and may be less effective in an environment where banks operate globally. Using U.S. micro-banking data for the first quarter of 2000 through the third quarter of 2013, this study shows that some regulatory changes indeed...

This paper seeks to lay out a theory of multi-layered political obligations that, on the one hand, allows for their projection to the international level and, on the other hand, recognizes the privileged status of the nation-state. To arbitrate between the range of the duties that can be imposed...

This paper seeks to lay out a theory of multi-layered political obligations that, on the one hand, allows for their projection to the international level and, on the other hand, recognizes the privileged status of the nation-state. To arbitrate between the range of the duties that can be imposed...

Not so long ago the nation-state seemed to be on its deathbed, condemned to irrelevance by the forces of globalization and technology. Now it is back with a vengeance, propelled by a groundswell of populists around the world. In Straight Talk on Trade, Dani Rodrik, an early and outspoken critic...

Die Globalisierung war eine wunderbare Idee. Nachdem die politische Spaltung in Ost und West überwunden war, schien der friedlichen Kooperation aller Menschen nichts mehr im Wege zu stehen. Würde man nur alle Hürden aus dem Weg räumen, so die liberale Vorstellung, bildete sich eine spontane...

In this WZB Discussion Paper we develop an analytical framework for the research project 'Contested World Orders', a collaborative effort between researchers based at the German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA), the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF), and the Berlin Social...

Abstract: In this paper we analyze one aspect of the standard thesis that the globalization process leads towards desovereignization. For the purposes of this paper we have adopted a narrow definition of globalization as a process of global expansion of capital, primarily financial. The classic...

This study deals with the concept and phenomenon of the nation state in the perspective of the time-space compression. The main goal of the study is to prove that nation-state activities has increased and developed the new event formats by separated from the traditional forms of activity as an...

In his persuasive new book, Jonathon Moses examines how the monetary policies of Iceland, Latvia, Hungary and Ireland responded to the financial crisis. Contrary to popular perception, he finds that the monetary autonomy of small non-eurozone states (Iceland, Hungary) helped prioritise the needs...

'Tax Sovereignty in the BEPS Era' focuses on how national tax sovereignty has been impacted by recent developments in international taxation, notably following the OECD/G-20 Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) Project. The power of a country to freely design its tax system is generally...

Was hat der Euro mit griechischer Mythologie zu tun? Ganz einfach: Wie Odysseus dem Klang der Sirenen, so haben die EU-Mitgliedstaaten der Verführungskraft neuer Schulden zu widerstehen. Im Rahmen der aktuellen Politik werden sie jedoch immer wieder schwach. Der neue Chef des ifo Instituts,...

The present paper aims to disseminate the impact of globalization on the nation-state throughout the history. The research objective consists in the reviewing of the assertion of the globalization phenomenon and the conflicts it stirred at the national level by reasons related to cultural,...