Author Kati Suominen takes stock of the US-led economic order under which the world has operated in the post World War II era. She accounts for the 21st century challenges to this balance of power, and offers a roadmap for Washington to advance global growth and stability in the decades to come....

History has declared globalization the winner of the 20th century. Globalization connected the world and created wealth unimaginable in the wake of the Second World War. But the financial crisis of 2008-09 has now placed at risk the liberal economic policies behind globalization. Engulfing the...

The Americas have been a key driver of regional trade agreements (RTAs) since the 1990s. This study considers the effect of these agreements on trade liberalization, and the lessons that this offers for other parts of the world, notably Asia. It finds broad geographical coverage of RTAs in the...