The costs imposed on individuals by globalisation are driving support for extreme political movements, says Helen Milner. Neither protectionism nor the traditional welfare state offer ideal solutions.
In recent work, I explore whether rising inequality, financial crises, deflationary pressures, deindustrialization, competition from developing countries, and rapid technological change may be undoing the compromise of embedded liberalism that sustained globalization for decades. If so, what can be done to stop this trend? ...
I am greatly honored to have been elected as the next president of the International Studies Association (ISA) for the 2020-2021 term. You can read more about the election and find my candidate statement on ISA's website.
Robert G. Gilpin, one of the leading realist scholars of international political economy, passed away on June 20. When Gilpin began his career, the field of IPE, which is the study of how politics and economics interact in the global system, was in its infancy. He helped define the subject, and his realist vision established one of the primary lenses through which scholars have studied the field ever since. His clear and precise writing made his ideas accessible to a larger public. And the resurgence of nationalism, the... Read more about A Note on the Enduring Legacy of Robert Gilpin (Foreign Affairs)
The international order formed after World War II provides important benefits to the United States as well as other countries. The United Nations, NATO, the World Trade Organization, the European Union, and other postwar institutions all help to provide...
Milner discusses the consequences of the Trump administration's trade policies on multinational corporations and global supply chains to BBC Radio London.
