Recently, there has been a significant increase in the number of international trade companies in the Kurdistan Region. This is crucial evidence that the Kurdistan Region can influence the world economy and politics. The economic integration between the Kurdistan Region and Eurozone countries is...

Since the 1960s, both the regime of Reza Pahlavi (1941-1979) and, subsequently starting from 1979 the Islamic Republic of Iran, have intervened in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). While the Shah's policies were motivated by a virulent anti-communist stance, the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) pursued a...

Since the 1960s, both the regime of Reza Pahlavi (1941-1979) and, subsequently starting from 1979 the Islamic Republic of Iran, have intervened in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). While the Chah's policies were motivated by a virulent anti-communist stance, the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) pursued a...

The current study aims to discover the impact of cross-border e-commerce (CBEC) exports on regional economic growth in China. A benchmark regression via the fixed panel effect model was conducted based on Chinese provincial data from 2015 to 2020. The results demonstrated that CBEC exports...

This book presents the reasons for which, given the globalization brought about by the ICT revolution, both liberalism and realism are ill suited as guides for international relations. And it argues in favor of a third option: institutionalism. The liberal ideal of progress and peace, brought...

This study examines the impact of economic globalisation (ECONGLO) on labour market outcomes, using ARDL regressions. Among its key results, the study discovered that ECONGLO has a long-term positive causal impact on total employment, employment in industry, and the number of waged and salaried...

This paper explores the impact of geopolitical fragmentation on developing countries amid rising tensions between major powers like the USA, Russia, and China. It examines how these dynamics compel developing nations to make difficult decisions regarding economic survival, sovereignty, and...

This document examines Madagascar's economic potential and business environment to guide foreign investors toward high-growth sectors. Based on PESTEL and SWOT analyses using the World Bank's Business Ready report, it highlights key advantages: streamlined business registration, low operational...

Purchasing power parity is a widely used measure to compare national GDPs. However, while this measure works well for countries which are at the same level of economic development, PPP is grossly inadequate when comparing developing and developed nations. The best example to demonstrate this is...

The premise of this paper is that globalization faces a endogenously generated crisis which has both economic and political dimensions, a result of the specific combination of continuity and change that has marked its historical trajectory. While western dominance, financialization, and the...