In this report we present the results of our econometric investigation of the role of (1) stabilisation and association agreements (SAAs), (2) bilateral investment treaties (BITs) and (3) free trade agreements (FTAs) in the Western Balkans and their impact on the region's inward foreign direct...

On 9 december 2016, the upper house of Japan's parliament approved the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has pushed for the TPP's ratification despite US President Trump's decision to pull out the deal, insisting it would send a signal about Japan's continuing support to...

Preface / Liz Mohn, Wolfgang Schüssel -- Introduction / Malte C. Boecker -- I. Asia's potential as a world power. Demographic dynamics of Asia / Carl Haub -- Asia's economic and technological outlook / Horst Siebert -- Asia, Europe and the global power balance / Paul Kennedy -- II. Asia's...