Lake Chad: A Climate of Fragility
Any future interventions in and around Lake Chad will have to be mindful of its particular climate-fragility and these trends that are likely to shape its future.
Contract Slavery? On the Political Economy of Domestic Work in Lebanon
The gender dimension of the political economy of foreign domestic work in Lebanon manifests itself in the first instance in an exploitative maternalistic system.
Review – The New Deal: A Global History
Patel’s ambitious study demonstrates how the New Deal was part of a global movement aimed at subordinating market economies to the demands of security and stability.
Review – Neoliberalism: The Key Concepts
An indispensable reference work which provides an in-depth contextual frame for the origins and interrelationship of key terms associated with neoliberalism.
Global Political Economy
While we certainly live in a global economy, for the time being we lack a common response to the challenges this brings – especially in establishing control over a still-evolving global market system.
Interview – Mark Blyth
Mark Blyth discusses the crises of the European Union, the repercussions of Brexit, alternatives to austerity, and his position as a “reluctant Constructivist”.
IR ‘News of the Week’: A Student’s Perspective
Discussing news issues with your peers is an unburdening exercise that helps develop research and presentation skills and builds confidence in applying theories.
Interview – Richard Murphy
Campaigner and academic Richard Murphy on the relations of transport history and taxes, the pleasures of paying tax, state capacity, and uncertainty in economics.
The Panama Papers and International Cooperation in Tax Matters
The release of the Panama Papers will result in changes in the legal environment, not because they revealed anything new, but because the public is paying attention.
Environment and International Politics: Linking Humanity and Nature
Given the speed of global transformations and the failures to integrate ecology into larger concerns the question of ‘who speaks for Earth?’ is a pressing issue for IR.
