Research Articles
Industrial Policy in the Financial Crisis Era
Industrial policy is not new, but it seems to have enjoyed a revival in policymaking circles. While plenty of attention has been given to currency manipulation—whether it be currency pegs or competitive devaluations and so-called currency wars—much less attention has been given to industrial policymaking in recent years. In this project a sectoral cut on […]
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Trade Linkages to Traditional and Non-Traditional Security: Lessons and Prospects
|By Vinod Aggarwal – Director|
Linking Trade and Security: Evolving Institutions and Strategies in Asia, Europe and the United States, New York: Springer, 2012
This chapter’s goal is to extract lessons from the empirical analysis of linkages across the broad spectrum of trade arrangements ranging from the WTO to bilateral FTAs.
Industrial Policy Choice During the Crisis Era
|By Vinod Aggarwal – Director| Simon Evenett|
Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2012
Using an extensive database of non-macroeconomic state interventions implemented since the global economic crisis began, this paper provides quantitative evidence on the resort to selectivity by several major economic powers.
The Trade Security Nexus in the Asia Pacific
|By Vinod Aggarwal – Director|
Linking Trade and Security: Evolving Institutions and Strategies in Asia, Europe and the United States, New York: Springer, 2012
Over time, as new forms of trade policy have come into being and the international security environment has evolved, the nexus of these two spheres has grown more complex and scholars have struggled to understand their interconnection.
Linking Traditional and Non-Traditional Security in Bilateral Free Trade Agreements: The US Approach
|By Vinod Aggarwal – Director|
Linking Trade and Security: Evolving Institutions and Strategies in Asia, Europe and the United States, New York: Springer, 2012
This chapter focuses specifically on US efforts to link both traditional and non-traditional security issues to trade in their negotiation of bilateral free trade agreements.
Russian Foreign Policy: Challenging the Western Liberal International Order?
|By Vinod Aggarwal – Director|
Responding to a Resurgent Russia: Russian Policy and Responses from the European Union and the United States, New York: Springer, 2011
We proceed by discussing the tensions between Russia and the current system of international institutions before turning to an examination of Russian relations with the European Union and with the United States, respectively.
Introduction: The Fall of the Soviet Union and the Resurgence of Russia
|By Vinod Aggarwal – Director|
Responding to a Resurgent Russia: Russian Policy and Responses from the European Union and the United States, New York: Springer, 2011
This introductory chapter provides a general overview of Russia’s domestic and foreign policy during the post-Cold War period.
China Rising: EU and US Responses to a Changing World Order
For the first time in a century, a set of large, populous and increasingly wealthy states—China, India and Russia—are on the cusp of achieving great-power status. These powers are entering an international system still governed by a “Western” conception of legal and political order and based on the primacy of post-World War II rules, drawn […]
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Trade Security Conference: Linking Trade, Traditional Security, and Human Security
Trade policy and security policy are linked in complex ways that play a vital role in determining the nature of international politics. These linkages are not a new phenomenon; some analysts and practitioners have recognized the interconnectedness of trade and security policy since the days of 16th and 17th century mercantilism. However, contemporary international relations […]
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I Don’t Get No Respect: The Travails of IP
|By Vinod Aggarwal – Director|
International Studies Quarterly, 2010
The question of whether IPE journals are boring, in Benjamin Cohen’s provocative words, provides us with a useful opportunity to introspect on the state of the field.
The Financial Crisis, ‘New’ Industrial Policy, and the Bite of Multilateral Trade Rules
|By Vinod Aggarwal – Director| Simon Evenett|
Asian Economic Policy Review, 2010
The recent Great Recession has triggered substantial government intervention – not all of it macroeconomic.
Beyond Bogor: Reflections on APEC’s Future
|By Vinod Aggarwal – Director|
Japan Spotlight, 2010
Under these challenging circumstances, will APEC be unable to meet its goals and relegated to the sidelines of trade fora in the Asia-Pacific?