Purpose This paper provides a critical analysis of the South African government's response
to the COVID-19 crisis and its effect on state finances and budgets. Design/methodology …

Sören Scholvin and Mikael Wigell contend that China's Belt and Road Initiative, Western
sanctions against Iran and Russia, and much more demonstrate a clear trend: states are …

Geoeconomics has become highly relevant for foreign policy practices and national security
strategies, wherefore it has also started to receive increasing attention from academics …

States increasingly practise power politics by economic means. Whether it is about Iran's
nuclear programme or Russia's annexation of Crimea, Western states prefer economic …

Names: Nolte, Detlef, editor.| Weiffen, Brigitte, editor. Title: Regionalism under stress: Europe
and Latin America in comparative perspective/edited by Detlef Nolte and Brigitte Weiffen …

Climate change is arguably one of the biggest challenges globally. In order for countries to
meet the commitments of the Paris Agreement, climate investments need to be scaled up for …

The introduction starts by explaining the shift towards economic power politics that
characterises contemporary international relations. It then provides an overview of debates …

City-regions are conferred economic advantage through their brokerage roles, which close
structural holes between other city-regions that would otherwise not be connected within firm …

Until recently, multilateralism and regionalism were seen as the preferred state strategies to
promote global governance in a multipolar world. We claim that these strategies are failing …

Aufstrebende Wirtschaftsmächte sind Impulsgeber für den Globalen Süden. Weltstädte in
diesen Ländern binden periphere Standorte in globale Güterketten ein und ermöglichen …