The G20 and the BRICS group of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa have been working on shared agendas since the BRICS leaders' first meeting in 2009. Despite the widespread belief that the BRICS competes with the G20, the BRICS recognises the G20 as a key forum for dialogue and...

It is in Australia's best interest to promote and spearhead an international body dealing with issues of migration for the purposes of employment, here called the “Organization for Migrant Labour” (OML) for purposes of simplicity. The OML is seen here as the missing link in the international...

Does increasing economic globalization influence aggregate policy mood toward the role and size of government in the United States? Drawing on insights from international political economy scholarship, this article suggests that the impact of trade on aggregate preferences will depend on...

Basell III was a direct answer to the 2008 financial crisis. Now 10 years after the crisis, it is time to assess its timeliness and make the necessary adjustments so it becomes truly global. In this policy brief, we first clarify the goals of macroprudential policy before highlighting the main...

This article provides a new approach to the study of global values, based on a statistical analysis of the freely available data from the World Values Survey, 6th wave of global opinion surveys, which has now been made public. In accordance with economic approaches, we contradict the mainstream...

The end of the Cold War ushered in a unipolar world, cementing U.S. dominance over a generally liberal international order. Yet where once it seemed that U.S. foreign policy would be simpler and easier to manage as a result, the events of the past 15 years — the 9/11 attacks, the invasions of...

The paper aims to link the effects of global neoliberalism in the developing and developed worlds. The analysis is qualitative, connecting various topics in the literature. It demonstrates that the economic/financial, policy, and socio-political instabilities of the neoliberal era manifest in...

The New Nationalism in Africa and elsewhere shows remarkable differences both in its roots and its impact, compared with that of national independence movements of the early 1960s. Contrary to the first nationalism, the second is less prone to include than to exclude populations; alienation,...

The growing interest in global value chains (GVCs) has been paired with a greater appreciation of the need for better measurement methods, as reflected by recent initiatives from academia and leading international organizations. This research note focuses on one method to measure GVCs that has...