In this work, Amrita Narlikar argues that, contrary to common assumption, modern-day politics displays a surprising paradox: poverty - and the powerlessness with which it is associated - has emerged as a political tool and a formidable weapon in international negotiation. The success of poverty...

Considerable uncertainty surrounds the intentions and aspirations of rising powers, particularly the extent to which they are <italic>status quo</italic> or revisionist. How a new power behaves with some of the weakest members of the international system provides a useful indicator of how it will go on to behave...

Does fairness matter in the hard bargaining and horse-trading that is associated with trade negotiations? This paper presents a positivist analysis of the particular concepts of fairness that developing countries have appealed to in their trade negotiations within the auspices of the GATT and...