Exchange rate and foreign exchange reserve policies
This paper considers developing country exchange rate and foreign exchange reserve policies. It offers criticism of the conventional approach and argues in favour of...
Stabilising the Balkans: Towards a regional security architecture in Southeast Europe
From a Western European point of view, the Balkans have for a long time been considered as a kind of ‘powder keg’, which, in...
Why Europe urgently needs to rethink its unfair trade deals with Africa
African countries are currently negotiating with EU officials for a successor to the Cotonou Partnership Agreement, which is due to expire in 2020. As...
Citizens, states, corporations, and nature: EU-South Africa conflicts flare
In sharp contrast to both xenophobic political and neoliberal economic trends that have emerged across both Europe and South Africa, the continent’s greatest economist,...
Income security and the quest for dignity in an unequal world
An increasing number of people are registering dissatisfaction with their lives by engaging in anti-social and self-harming activities. One remedy that is receiving increasing...
Macroeconomic policy in developing countries: Questioning the new protectionist turn
The benefits of further internationalisation have vanished for most countries, regardless of whether they are developed or developing. The drawbacks range from the deterritorialisation...
The crisis of the old West: Views from Germany
The transience of the contemporary period, characterised by the evolution of the multipolar world order, differs fundamentally from both the now bygone yet long-lived...
Coddling capital: Second-generation conditions to attract and retain the super-rich
Executive summary
The ‘club’ of the super-rich is increasing worldwide and has the power to change city skylines, prompt legal framework adjustments, and shape the...
The links between illegal migration and organised crime
Illegal migrants are often blamed for increasing crime rates in host countries. Blame is frequently assigned without evidence and without any efforts to understand...
Living together in peace: Developing exemplary Euro-African relationships
In order to alleviate clashes between civilisations and cultures as well as conflicts between tribes and communities, a campaign calling for living together in...