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...

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...

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...

Energy, capitalism and world order in IPE / Tim Di Muzio and Jesse Salah Ovadia -- IPE and the unfashionable problematic of capital and energy / Tim Di Muzio -- Reassessing the crisis: ecology and liberal international relations / Shane Mulligan -- The political economy of trade in the age of...

"The rise of emerging or new powers has recently become one of the most researched areas in International Relations. While most studies focus on relations between traditional and emerging powers, this edited collection turns the focus 180 degrees and asks how countries outside these two power...

Warum schreitet die ökologische Zerstörung des Planeten trotz unzähliger Klimagipfel ungebremst voran? Warum hungern mehr Menschen als je zuvor auf der Erde, obwohl noch nie so ungeheure Reichtümer angehäuft wurden wie heute? Warum erweisen sich die globalen Eliten als unfähig, die...

Capturing the spirit of a decade (2001-2006) -- The financial crisis, contested legitimacy and the genesis of intra-BRICs cooperation (2006-2008) -- From Yekaterinburg to Brasília : the new epicenter of world politics? (2009-2010) -- Enter South Africa: from BRICs to BRICS -- The hidden world...

The global balance of power is changing, and the role of the US as the only superpower is being challenged by emerging new powers and a still more powerful China. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the Persian Gulf. Two wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and continually rising debt have meant that...

The global balance of power is changing, and the role of the US as the only superpower is being challenged by emerging new powers and a still more powerful China. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the Persian Gulf. Two wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and continually rising debt have meant that...

Der Diskussionsprozess um ein internationales Klimaabkommen und zur Klimagerechtigkeit dauert an. Die Autoren stellen ein Modell vor, das Klimagerechtigkeit schrittweise und mit marktbasierten Instrumenten umsetzt. Sie fordern eine internationale Weltklimaordnung, die auf der Weltklimakonferenz...

Der Diskussionsprozess um ein internationales Klimaabkommen und zur Klimagerechtigkeit dauert an. Die Autoren stellen ein Modell vor, das Klimagerechtigkeit schrittweise und mit marktbasierten Instrumenten umsetzt. Sie fordern eine internationale Weltklimaordnung, die auf der Weltklimakonferenz...

Der frühere Sicherheitsberater und Aussenminister der USA sieht die alte Weltordnung, wie er selbst sie mitgestaltet hat, ausser Kontrolle und spricht sich für eine neue, globalen Erfordernissen entsprechende Friedensordnung unter Führung der USA aus

This fascinating, in-depth look at China's new and rapidly changing role in the world focuses on the critical choices China must make to ensure sustainable economic growth.All signs show that China's diplomacy is facing unprecedented changes, among which opportunities and challenges coexist. As...

Introduction -- The new world order -- The three sisters -- Globalization -- The money mafia -- Bank for international settlements -- The IMF : it's time for it to go! -- The biggest heist in history -- Government-created money -- Visitors from starry realms -- The military-industrial complex --...

The global financial crisis as world politics -- Learning from the Great Depression -- From the first to the second U.S. postwar order -- Seeds of discord: the Asian financial crisis -- The new American model and the financial crisis -- The crisis and world politics -- The crisis and the...

Introduction: On modes of exchange -- Mini world systems -- The sedentary revolution -- The gift and magic -- World-empire -- The state -- World money -- World empires -- Universal religions -- The modern world system -- The modern state -- Industrial capital -- Nation -- Associationism -- The...

"Before the current international economic crisis, Asian policymakers deferred to their Western counterparts. The enormous blunders since committed by the US and Europe mean deference has been replaced by disquiet. Asia's concern is that the world will soon come to grief if both the US and...