The international financial crisis that started in 2007 was much more than an accident caused by undisciplined financial innovations. It was a major failure of global economic governance. “The globalization of finance and monetary systems has excessively prolonged the duration of unsustainable...

This paper identifies specific membership criteria and shows the effect they will have on the G20's composition. Setting clear criteria will be controversial — in part because it will require the replacement of several current members. Such change may be painful, but with another recession...

The EU is a relatively open economy and has benefited from the global multilateral system. We argue that the EU should defend its strategic interests with three steps. First, it should collaborate with partners around the world in defence of multilateralism. Second, it should establish deeper...