Globalization

Global Poverty and Wealth

James Arvanitakis and David J. Hornsby • Jan 15 2017 • Articles

One of the major conundrums of our world is that poverty still exists amidst extreme wealth. Economic processes have lifted many out of poverty but have failed to mitigate income and wealth inequality.

Review – Ethics, Diversity and World Politics: Saving Pluralism From Itself

Davide Orsi • Jan 13 2017 • Features

John Williams provides essential insights for anyone with interest in ethical pluralism in contemporary politics, and sets the agenda for future research in this field.

The Making of the Modern World

Erik Ringmar • Dec 26 2016 • Articles

International politics, for good and for bad, was shaped by Europeans and by non-Europeans copying European examples.

The Global Crisis of Multilateralism

Mette Eilstrup-Sangiovanni • Dec 3 2016 • Articles

For more than half a century the EU has been a beacon of multilateralism. Post-Brexit Europe could become a beacon of disintegration and nationalism.

Review – The Conspiracy of Free Trade

Thomas Zeiler • Nov 18 2016 • Features

Although Palen misses minor details, he delivers an insightful account of globalisation and shows how it relates to domestic shockwaves like the recent the US election.

Review – The New Power Politics: Networks and Transnational Security Governance

Antonio Calcara • Oct 30 2016 • Features

Through a balance of quantitative and qualitative methods this volume links formal network analysis with an innovative conception of power as a dynamic element.

Governing the Time of the World

Tim Stevens • Aug 7 2016 • Articles

Global time, principally Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), is the product of global governors operating in and through sociotechnical assemblages.

Review – Holy Ignorance: When Religion and Culture Part Ways

Iqbal Akhtar • Jul 31 2016 • Features

With philosophically rigourous analysis, Roy goes beyond the well-trod tropes of ‘radical Islam’ and pushes us to think outside of a ‘clash of civilizations’ paradigm.

Interview – Richard Murphy

E-International Relations • Jul 31 2016 • Features

Campaigner and academic Richard Murphy on the relations of transport history and taxes, the pleasures of paying tax, state capacity, and uncertainty in economics.

Brexit and China

Kerry Brown • Jun 30 2016 • Articles

If Brexit was a sharp sign of a global popular revolt against political elites, nothing about it will be reassuring to the Chinese government and Party.

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