Today's world is crowded with international laws and institutions that govern the global economy. This post-World War II accumulation of hard multilateral and soft plurilateral institutions by no means constitutes a comprehensive, coherent and effective system of global economic governance. As...

The twenty-first century has brought a proliferation of pressing global problems that break out far more suddenly and surprisingly, spread more swiftly and extensively, and interact in more complex and uncertain ways than ever before. On the eve of the century there was a financial crisis in...

The summit of the BRICS countries of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, which will take place in New Delhi on 29 March 2012, promises to be an exceptionally significant event in several ways. It is the first time that the annual BRICS summit will be held in India, following the first...