The G20 as a ‘global steering committee’?
The new global political economy needs steering and the G20, despite faults, is our best bet to do the job Professor Tony Payne, Director of SPERI Globalisation is a ubiquitous term in the new...
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The G20 is stalling its commitment to phase out fossil fuel subsidies, despite the need for immediate action Hayley Stevenson, Associate Fellow of SPERI & Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of...
View ArticleThe end of the G8
Russia’s expulsion from the G8 concludes a transitional phase in the governance of the global political economy Professor Tony Payne, Director of SPERI Tomorrow the leaders of the G8 group of countries...
View ArticleThe changing political economy of oil
The recent big fall in price creates some space for new thinking, but also poses questions to which we don’t have answers Professor Tony Payne, Director of SPERI The price of oil has been falling....
View ArticleTurkish delight
The Presidency of the G20 has now passed to Turkey, but the global political economy looks like remaining dangerously under-governed Professor Tony Payne, Director of SPERI Did you know that, on 1...
View ArticleThe G20 and China
The decision to hold the 2016 summit in China creates both opportunities and challenges in relation to the prospect of a new phase of Asian global leadership Gregory Chin, Associate Professor of...
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