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  • Rethinking global value chains amid geo-economic fragmentation

    Series Book 15 - IAI Research Studies
    The uneven recovery from the 2008 global financial crisis led to a stabilisation of international trade and capital flows. However, in the following years the surge of protectionist measures and deepening rivalries between big powers precipitated a crisis of the rule-based multilateral order. The pandemic crisis and the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine have boosted international economic ... Read more

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  • The West and the Global Power Shift

    Transatlantic Relations and Global Governance

    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book assesses the state of transatlantic relations in an era of emerging powers and growing interconnectedness, and discusses the limits and potential of transatlantic leadership in creating effective governance structures. The authors first resort to theory and history to understand the transatlantic relationship. They then consider the domestic and systemic factors that might set the ... Read more

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    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
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    Responses to the Crisis in Ukraine

    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book examines the crisis in Ukraine through the lens of “triangular diplomacy,” which focuses on the multiple interactions among the European Union, the United States and Russia. It is explicitly comparative, considering how the US and EU responded to ostensibly the same crisis. It also adopts a “360-degree” perspective, focusing on how the US and EU interacted in their dealings with Russia, ... Read more

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  • Federalism and Regional Development

    Case Studies on the Experience in the United States and the Federal Republic of Germany

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    Federalism and Regional Development is the resuit of the first German-American geography seminar, held at the University of Texas in September 1979. The chapters deal with the impact of geographic policy planning by various governmental agencies in both the Federal Republic of Germany and the United States, two countries with federal systems of government. Although various bureaucratic offices at ... Read more

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