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Global Matters

Global Matters

The 20th century’s international order, which installed the United States, Europe and Japan in dominant positions, is ending. New powers are emerging to challenge a system arranged within the framework of U.S. and European multilateralism. Transitional processes necessarily breed chaos and uncertainty. This is the global situation to which our economies and political systems must adapt.

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IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva
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Scenarios for Georgieva’s leadership of the IMF
Professor Elisabeth Krecké
Professor Elisabeth Krecké

The new head of the IMF, Kristalina Georgieva, has some novel plans for the future of her organization. She wants to redefine its core aims to address climate change, economic fairness and gender equality. If she achieves her mission, the IMF could transform from a tough, economic reform-minded lender of last resort to a definer of global morality, with all of the repercussions that would come with such a change. 

A map showing the NATO and EU accession status of various Balkans countries, as well as the Balkan route for migrants attempting to reach Europe
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The Balkans dangle on the periphery of Europe

With French President Emmanuel Macron on a mission to reform the EU before allowing membership for Balkans states, the southeastern European region remains both divided and politically isolated. Russia has been making inroads, especially in Serbia, which sees an opening to spoil some of the progress toward Euroatlanticism that the ...
ASEAN countries in Southeast Asia
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Southeast Asia’s future tied to great power competition

For years, China has combined skillful diplomacy with economic might to build partnerships in Southeast Asia. The U.S. has been more focused on security issues, with its economic involvement there shrinking. Japan, India and Europe all hold crucial stakes as well. How the great power competition develops in the region ...
 Walter Lohman
Walter Lohman
Main trading partners of the EU-28, 2018
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The Chinese challenge and Europe’s dithering

Europe is hesitating in the face of the Chinese technological challenge. The current tensions between Washington and Beijing open plenty of opportunities to cooperate with China. At the same time, however, the U.S. administration is putting pressure on its allies, counting on a common front against Beijing. Choosing either side ...
 Professor Enrico Colombatto
Professor Enrico Colombatto
A map of countries in Europe that have implemented, proposed or announced taxes on digital services
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Taxing the digital economy

An ongoing international effort to rewrite the global tax rules for the digital economy would be a dramatic shift with potentially damaging consequences. Fear of countries unilaterally levying their own digital taxes has led to an alternative at the OECD, motivated by both fiscal and political factors. The new proposal would abandon the ...
 Adam Michel
Adam Michel
The most important aspects of digital ledger technology
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Blockchain: An agent of profound change

Blockchain technology could profoundly change how states and governments operate. Its ability to quickly and securely transfer assets could disrupt current institutional frameworks and decentralize power. It is therefore unclear how far states will go to support blockchain, even though it could make their economies and their own operations more ...
 Prof. Dr. Philipp Sandner and Felix Bekemeier
Prof. Dr. Philipp Sandner and Felix Bekemeier

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Problems at the European Central Bank
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Problems at the European Central Bank

Excluding the European Central Bank from the democratic process by law is supposed to protect it from political interference. Yet trouble has long simmered at of the world’s most independent central banks. Gain insight into the mechanics of its latest, most significant crisis with this special offer.
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